Liverpool Bay CO2 Transport and Storage Project

The Liverpool Bay CCS Project, developed by ENI through its subsidiary Liverpool Bay CCS Limited, is a large-scale carbon dioxide transport and storage (T&S) infrastructure initiative in the Liverpool Bay area of the Irish Sea, United Kingdom that serves the HyNet North West industrial decarbonisation cluster. The project will capture CO₂ emissions from industrial facilities across North West England and North Wales, transport them via a network of new and repurposed onshore and offshore pipelines including about 35 km of new pipeline infrastructure, and inject them into depleted offshore natural gas reservoirs (Hamilton, Hamilton North and Lennox) beneath Liverpool Bay for permanent geological storage. The initial phase of the Liverpool Bay CCS system is designed to provide up to 4.5 million tonnes of CO₂ storage per year, with expansion potential to approximately 10 million tonnes per year by the 2030s, contributing to the UK’s broader net-zero emissions targets. The project is backed by a major funding commitment from the UK Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and involves partners and contractors in engineering and construction of key compression and transport infrastructure, including Saipem and Baker Hughes technology contracts, and is expected to reach start-up in the mid- to late 2020s.