Name of the Project
Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

Location
St Fergus gas terminal in Peterhead, in north-east Scotland.

Project Owner/s
Storegga, through its wholly owned subsidiary Pale Blue Dot Energy, Shell and Harbour Energy.

Project Description
The project plans to capture and store five- to six-million tons of carbon dioxide a year by 2030 from gas terminals at the St Fergus complex at Peterhead, which includes ExxonMobil’s joint venture gas terminal.

Acorn CCS Phase 1 would result in about 300 000 t/y of existing carbon dioxideemissions from the St Fergus gas terminal being captured, dried, compressed and sent through the Goldeneye pipeline to be injected into the Acorn carbon dioxide storage site – a very large volume of sandstone rock, found more than 2.5 km under the seabed, about 100 km off the shore of St Fergus.

The CCS network created through the Acorn project has the potential to be one of the biggest operating CCS projects in the world, transporting and storing captured carbon dioxide from emitters across Scotland, the UK and Europe.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
The Acorn CCS project is partly funded by the UK government and the European Union, and is designated as a European Project of Common Interest.

Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.

Latest Developments
ExxonMobil has signed a memorandum of understanding to participate in the Acorn CCS project.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Carbon Clean (front-end engineering design for carbon capture plant).

Contact Details for Project Information
Pale Blue Dot Energy, tel +44 1330 826890 or email comms@theacornproject.uk.