Re-opener guidance for carbon dioxide transport and storage

Guidance
Publication date
Industry sector
Carbon capture and storage

This guidance is for Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (CO2 T&S) licensees. It outlines our approach to assessing licence re-openers.

About this re-opener guidance

This guidance covers the arrangements for CO2 T&S licence re-openers. It covers matters including the information we require under each of the different assessment stages and explains how we would expect to approach our decisions.

Includes

  • Description and scope of the CO2 T&S Re-openers
  • Overview of approach
  • Assessment Process
  • Publication and redaction requirements
  • Content of Re-opener applications
  • Pre-application engagement
  • Pipeline log
  • Initial Re-Opener Submission (IRS) requirements
  • Strategic Outline Case (SOC) requirements
  • Outline Business Case (OBC) requirements
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Full Business Case (FBC) requirements
  • Cost information
  • Cost benefit analysis and engineering justifications
  • Ofgem’s approach and considerations
  • Supplementary question (SQ) process
  • Timeline for assessment
  • Direction and publication
  • Guidance on the style and structure of Re-opener applications
  • Style and structure of applications 

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Learn more about our role in the regulation of carbon capture and storage.

Main document

Carbon Capture Usage and Storage re-opener guidance and application requirements [PDF, 361.37KB]