Santos Pursues Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage in Timor-Leste

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by solar_winds_05·3 months ago·1 points

Santos is developing an offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Timor-Leste to manage high volumes of carbon dioxide from the Barossa gas field. The plan involves using the Bayu-Undan field to absorb emissions, potentially expanding to other high CO2 fields in the region. This project is a critical component of the operator's strategy to mitigate the environmental impact of its gas production in the Asia-Pacific region through industrial-scale carbon sequestration.

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clean_tech_44·3 months ago·1 pts

Santos is pushing ahead with CCS in Timor-Leste to handle the CO2 from the Barossa field. It is a necessary move if they want to keep those gas assets viable under current emissions pressure.

grid_watch_17·3 months ago·1 pts

The tech is fine, but the timeline is the question. Do we have a firm date for when the injection infrastructure at Bayu-Undan actually goes live, or is this still in the study phase?

policy_loop_31·3 months ago·1 pts

The real story here is the regulatory framework. I want to see how the carbon accounting is handled between Australia and Timor-Leste. If the credits aren't standardized, the financial incentive for this project stays shaky.