UAE likely to announce national CCUS strategy in 2024

UAE likely to announce national CCUS strategy in 2024

The UAE is working on a national strategy and roadmap for Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), a senior ADNOC official revealed during a forum conducted by the Global CCS Institute and RICH Centre at Khalifa University.

Dr Hernan Silva, VP-CCUS, ADNOC Group said the national CCUS strategy aims to define policies, regulations, and management of carbon within the UAE and is expected to be launched next year.

In response to a question posed by Zawya Projects at the Forum held on Wednesday, the ADNOC executive said the oil and gas giant is working on a carbon management platform. “The thinking today is to transform Al-Reyadah - the company transporting CO2 from Emirates Steel to ADNOC Onshore - into a carbon management platform to manage all the CCS (carbon capture storage) activities for ADNOC. Al-Reyadah will become our CCS operating company, providing CCS services to enable decarbonisation of emitters. Al-Reyadah will deal directly with emitters, sign offtake agreements for CO2 and will either sequestrate the CO2 in deep saline aquifers or deliver it to ADNOC Onshore for EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery).” 

He clarified that Al-Reyadah will not be involved in EOR activities, which will remain with ADNOC Onshore.

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