Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent (a) representations he has received from and (b) discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the potential role of depleted oil and gas fields with secure geological storage for the delivery of carbon capture utilisation and storage.

The Government is engaging with the Scottish Government on the development and implementation of all aspects of CCUS. Typically, CO₂ will be stored in geological formations offshore, within depleted oil or gas fields or saline aquifers.

The UK’s transport and storage facilities have the potential to become strategic national assets. With an estimated 78 billion tonnes of theoretical CO₂ storage capacity in the UK Continental Shelf.