Drilling begins on Rotterdam’s CO2 capture

Shoreside drilling has started with the Porthos CCS project in Rotterdam  (PRA)

37 million tonnes of carbon dioxide will be piped from Rotterdam to depleted North Sea gas fields 22km offshore.

The carbon capture and storage project will began at Maasvlakte, where drilling has now begun to kick off the engineering.

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