Kupe gas field operator looks at carbon capture and storage

Kupe gas field operator looks at carbon capture and storage
The Kupe oil and gas field could one day host both windfarms and carbon capture and storage. (Image: Beach Energy)
Ian Llewellyn
Beach Energy is going ahead with work for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project next to one of its Australian gas fields, saying facilities like these may be necessary at all its sites in the future, including at the Kupe field off Taranaki.The Adelaide-based oil and gas company has completed a pre-feasibility study on the CCS project next to its Otway Basin operations and is now moving into the assess/select phase.The Otway Basin is about 500 kilometres long and stretches from Cape Jaffa in South Australia to northwest Tasmania.Beach owns...

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