Lybster CO2 storage: short life working group minutes - December 2024

Attendees and apologies

• Crown Estate Scotland
• Health and Safety Executive
• North Sea Transition Authority
• SCCS
• Scottish Environmental Protection Authority
• Scottish Government CCUS Unit
• Star Energy
• The Carbon Removers

Items and actions

Agenda

• welcome/introductions
• Health and Safety Executive T and S overview - presentation
• NSTA ‘assess’ phase – presentation and open discussion
• next steps/any other business

Discussion points

• presentation from HSE on regulations relating to CCUS
  • Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 (PSR): for onshore and offshore pipelines
  • control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH): where CO2 capture sites use dangerous substances in quantities above a certain threshold COMAH will apply to the whole site. In these cases the site operator will be required to submit a safety report to HSE
  • Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1995 (OSCR): where enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is undertaken at an offshore installation as part of the CO2 storage process OSCR will apply
• NSTA presentation on storage licence lifecycle

Actions

• determine if having a CO2 storage licence overrules need for a marine licence