Harbour Energy and BP have agreed to develop the 10 Mt/year Viking CCS transportation and storage project in the Humber region (United Kingdom). BP would acquire a 40% stake in the project, while Harbour Energy would retain 60% and operatorship. The project would capture CO2 emissions from industries in the Humber region and transport them from a planned new CO2 shipping terminal at Associated British Ports’ Port of Immingham to Harbour Energy's redeveloped Theddlethorpe gas terminal. The captured CO2 would then be transported through the Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System (LOGGS) pipeline that is intended to be repurposed as part of the project and the CO2 would be stored in the depleted Viking field.
Subject to the outcome of the Track 2 Cluster Sequencing Process that the UK government launched earlier in April 2023, BP and Harbour Energy would make a final investment decision (FID) in 2024 and the project could be operational as early as 2027. When fully operational by 2030, the Viking CCS project could meet one third of the UK's 30 MtCO2/year target.
In April 2023, the UK Government selected eight projects for the Track-1 negotiation list, as part of the second phase of the CCUS cluster sequencing process, and launched Track-2 to identify two additional clusters that can help achieve 20 to 30 MtCO2/year capture target by 2030.