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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Non peer reviewed)

Moomba carbon capture and storage case study: material emissions reduction at Moomba plant

Nick Harley
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Santos Ltd, Adelaide, Australia. Email: nick.harley@santos.com

The APPEA Journal 61(2) 402-404 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ20136
Accepted: 24 March 2021   Published: 2 July 2021

Abstract

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is essential for meeting the Paris agreement global emissions targets – all identified pathways to net zero 2050 emissions require large scale deployment of CCS. The Moomba CCS project is an example of the type of projects that the oil and gas industry can undertake in Australia and globally to reduce emissions and create new business opportunities. The project is a CO2 capture, transport and storage project in the Cooper Basin with the aim of delivering material emissions reduction of 1.7 mtpa CO2-e. The project utilises existing and new infrastructure as well as depleted hydrocarbon fields to capture, compress, dehydrate and store CO2 that is currently vented. This study will provide an overview of this project including the technical challenges that were overcome to enable project success.

Keywords: carbon capture and storage (CCS), Moomba, Cooper Basin, emissions, CO2.

Nick Harley has 14 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, predominantly focused on subsurface and developments in the onshore space, but experience spanning strategy, business transformations, operations and exploration. The majority of his career has been at Santos but he has also spent time with McKinsey & Company in their oil and gas practice, working across geographies including Africa, the United Kingdom, Europe and South East Asia. Nick holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons, Mechatronic) and a Bachelor of Economics from Adelaide University as well as an MBA from Judge Business School (University of Cambridge).


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