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Article: Frustration over delays on clean coal ENERGY: CARBON CAPTURE ENERGY: CARBON CAPTURE North Sea operators join attack on government indecision over technology that could extend life of fields
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- February 18, 2007
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THE UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) has joined calls for
the government to stop dragging its feet over a technology that a
number of industry experts say could significantly affect climate
change and extend the productive life of the North Sea.
A number of large energy companies, including BP, Shell and E. on,
are putting major investment into carbon capture and storage projects
around the world but in the UK plans are on hold as the government
has yet to announce how it will regulate the sector. Carbon capture
involves pumping carbon dioxide (CO 2) into oil fields, where its
impact on global warming is negated. At present other gases are
pumped into oil fields to help extract ...