ABP and Harbour Energy partner to provide CO2 import gateway at Immingham for South Humber CCS plans

Shipping captured carbon into the Humber’s emerging storage facilities - making Immingham the 'epi-centre of the UK's decarbonisation agenda' - has taken a major step forward.

An exclusive commercial relationship to develop a CO2 import terminal at Port of Immingham has been entered into by ABP and Harbour Energy, providing large-scale facilities to handle industrial emissions from other locations. Industrial bases elsewhere in the UK - and potentially mainland Europe - will be able to feed into the Viking CCS project, recently renamed from V Net Zero.

A new jetty to service the import and export of liquid bulks has already been flagged by ABP, with the agreement with Air Products to support hydrogen production announced in August. In addition to handling green ammonia, the jetty is being designed to import liquified CO2 cargoes and will connect to the transport and storage sites.

Read more: Humber vision 'has the world's attention' as investors pore over £15b pipeline

ABP joins West Burton Energy, Phillips 66 and VPI as a partner to the network, which is targeting first CO2 capture as early as 2027 and a reduction of 10 million tonnes of UK emissions per annum by 2030.

Steve Cox, executive vice president for health, safety, environment, security and global services at Harbour Energy, said: “We are delighted to welcome Associated British Ports as a partner to the Viking CCS network through their investment in the Port of Immingham.

“ABP’s dual-purpose jetty will support the reduction in the UK’s emissions and, critically, amplifies the Viking CCS network’s potential to provide a viable solution for s