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Lybster CO2 storage: short life working group minutes February 2025

Minutes from the Lybster CO2 storage short life working group on 26 February 2025


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

  • recap of meeting four
  • Q&A with Marine Directorate on marine licencing
  • NSTA overview of the 'execute' phase
  • look forward to meeting six

Discussion points

  • Scottish Government Marine Directorate provided a summary of the Marine Licensing Act – specifically to understand if gaps exist in legislation
  • question regarding what licencing applies if there is no drilling at a site. Marine confirmed this is activity specific; marine licences are not operational permits 
  • NSTA activities will focus on pre-operational stewardship – reviewing and approving progress milestones to ensure progress to first injection is on track
  • NSTA still to determine what decommissioning will fully entail
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