NEWSLETTER | August 2019

Despite regulatory developments, liability has long been raised as a significant barrier to the wide scale deployment of CCS and continues to be considered by some project developers, policy-makers and regulators as a critical issue and potential ‘showstopper’ for the technology’s deployment. Our latest report by Ian Havercroft seeks to challenge these views and make the case for a more commercially-minded view of liability.    

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Chevron Australia and the Gorgon Joint Venture participants recently announced the safe startup and operation of carbon dioxide injection at the Gorgon natural gas facility in Western Australia. When fully operational, the world's 19th large-scale CCS facility will have a CO2 capture capacity of 3.4-4 Mtpa. 

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• Event highlights the potential for Hydrogen production with CCS in Australia’s Gippsland region
• Chinese government delegation visits Australia to learn from CCS experience
• Global CCS Institute response to the Australian National Hydrogen Strategy Issues Papers
• Institute’s submission to the Victorian Government: Victorian Independent Expert Panel on Interim Emissions Reduction Targets

• BEIS opens two consultations on carbon capture and storage: business models and re-use of oil and gas assets. The two consultations close on 16 September.
• The Institute welcomes SANEDI
• C-Capture joins the Institute
• Capturing CO2 with C-Capture
  
• ClearPath whiteboard video: Jupiter Oxygen: Advanced carbon capture technology for coal plants
  
• Preliminary tests of CO2 separation project complete

The Institute has called for nominations from Members for vacancies on the Board Selection Panel (‘BSP’). The role of the BSP is to nominate candidates for appointment as Directors to serve on the governing Board of the Global CCS Institute, meeting at the request of the Board when a vacancy has been determined. 

The closing date for nominations is 20 September 2019 (11.59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time). If required, Elections for the BSP will be held in accordance with the Election Rules, with results announced on the Members’ Portal on 29 November 2019. Legal representatives will receive a notification with the details, and more information will be available to the Institute Members via the Members’ Portal.  

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