Ravenna

The Ravenna CCS Project is a carbon capture, transport, and storage initiative in Italy, jointly developed by ENI and Snam. Phase 1 began in late 2022, targeting the capture, transport, and permanent storage of approximately 25,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year from ENI’s Casalborsetti natural gas processing plant. The CO₂ is conveyed via repurposed gas pipelines to the Porto Corsini Mare Ovest platform, where it is injected into a depleted offshore gas reservoir at a depth of around 3,000 meters. Emission reductions from the plant exceed 90%, with peaks up to 96%, and the process is powered entirely by electricity from renewable energy sources. Phase 2 is planned to begin by 2030, scaling up the project’s capacity to around 4 million tonnes of CO₂ per year, with 1 Mt reserved for ENI’s own operations and 3 Mt for third-party industrial emitters. The depleted gas fields in the Adriatic Sea have an estimated total storage capacity exceeding 500 million tonnes, positioning Ravenna as a key CCS hub in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.