> CO₂ Transport:

Once CO₂ has been captured it must be transported to suitable storage sites, which may not necessarily be close by. It is possible to transport CO₂ by pipeline or by ship. Both forms of transport have been used to move oil and natural gas for many years so the technology is reliable and well known. In the USA there are 5,800 km of CO₂ pipelines which transport CO₂ to oil production fields where the CO₂ is injected in old, mature fields to enhance oil recovery (EOR). However, with the increased number and carrying capacity of pipelines that a large-scale CCS industry would require, there will need to be further studies of pipeline safety, particularly in heavily populated areas, or areas of high earthquake activity.

In the UK, pipeline is expected to be the primary form of transport and it is expected that CCS facilities will initially cluster in industrial regions allowing infrastructure to be shared, thereby achieving the greatest emission reductions for the lowest cost and allowing future power plants and industry to take advantage of the infrastructure.

Source: The Nottingham Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage

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