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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Earth Sci.

Sec. Georeservoirs

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feart.2025.1641951

This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances and Challenges in Geological CO₂ SequestrationView all 3 articles

A framework for regional high-level technical screening of promising CCUS value chains

Provisionally accepted
Ane Elisabet LotheAne Elisabet Lothe1*Isaline GravaudIsaline Gravaud2Cathrine RingstadCathrine Ringstad1Eirik Falck da SilvaEirik Falck da Silva1Ragnhild SkagestadRagnhild Skagestad1Alla ShogenovaAlla Shogenova3Kazbulat ShogenovKazbulat Shogenov3Leandro SousaLeandro Sousa4Adam WójcickiAdam Wójcicki5Çağlar SınayuçÇağlar Sınayuç6Betül YıldırımBetül Yıldırım6Sevtaç BülbülSevtaç Bülbül6Karen Lyng AnthonsenKaren Lyng Anthonsen7Anastasios PerimenisAnastasios Perimenis8
  • 1SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Orléans, France
  • 3Tallinna Tehnikaulikool, Tallinn, Estonia
  • 4Ramboll Group A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 5Instytut Geofizyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warsaw, Poland
  • 6Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Ankara, Türkiye
  • 7De Nationale Geologiske Undersogelser for Danmark og Gronland, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 8Global CO2 Initiative, Ann Arbor, United States

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To support the European Green Deal and accelerate climate mitigation, the CCUS ZEN project conducted a high-level technical screening of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) value chains in the Baltic and Mediterranean regions. These regions were chosen, since they have lower maturity levels for CCUS compared with the current development in the North Sea region. The study mapped industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) emission sources, potential storage sites, transport infrastructure, and utilization options. Emission clusters and hubs were identified based on volume, location, and industry type, while for each mapped storage site, information was gathered about the type of reservoir (deep saline aquifer or depleted hydrocarbon field), the onshore or offshore location,

Keywords: CCUS, value chain, screening, Europe, CCS

Received: 05 Jun 2025; Accepted: 18 Aug 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Lothe, Gravaud, Ringstad, Silva, Skagestad, Shogenova, Shogenov, Sousa, Wójcicki, Sınayuç, Yıldırım, Bülbül, Anthonsen and Perimenis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Ane Elisabet Lothe, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway

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