DNV establishes guidelines for CCUS pipelines
Standards will help with the construction of new infrastructure and repurposing of old pipelines
International standards body DNV has released new guidelines outlining the required safety level for pipelines transporting CO2 for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects. The body has published a recommendation practice based on the results from the CO2SafeArrest project, which tested two sections of pipeline at DNV’s Spadeadam research facility in the UK to understand how CO2 might leak from them. The new guidance is designed to support governments and industry in the construction of new infrastructure, Hari Vamadevan, regional director with DNV, tells Transition Economist. 5.6bn t/yr — Amount of CO2 to be stored by 2050 “It also supports the fact that the repurpos

Also in this section
22 July 2025
Sinopec hosts launch of global sharing platform as Beijing looks to draw on international investors and expertise
22 July 2025
Africa’s most populous nation puts cap-and-trade and voluntary markets at the centre of its emerging strategy to achieve net zero by 2060
17 July 2025
Oil and gas companies will face penalties if they fail to reach the EU’s binding CO₂ injection targets for 2030, but they could also risk building underused and unprofitable CCS infrastructure
9 July 2025
Latin American country plans a cap-and-trade system and supports the scale-up of CCS as it prepares to host COP30