REALISE: Enabling full-chain CCUS for refineries through cluster-based strategies

<p>Refineries play a major role in our modern lifestyles, creating an almost infinite range of everyday products. Alongside other industries, they face the challenge to decarbonise as part of Europe&rsquo;s wider efforts to meet climate targets by 2030.&nbsp;</p> <p>This webinar introduced&nbsp;the REALISE CCUS project, an international partnership of industry and scientists working to support the delivery of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology for the refinery sector.&nbsp;</p> <p>Our research, funded by the European Union&#39;s Horizon 2020 programme, focuses on the full CCUS chain &ndash; from CO₂&nbsp;capture, transport and geological CO₂&nbsp;storage to CO₂&nbsp;reuse &ndash; for clusters which include refineries and other industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Specifically, we aim to demonstrate CCUS technology, enable sizeable cost-reductions, undertake public engagement and assess financial, political and regulatory barriers.&nbsp;</p> <p>Programme:</p> <ul> <li>Welcome &amp; intro&nbsp;&ndash; Inna Kim, SINTEF (5 mins)&nbsp;</li> <li>Optimising and validating technologies for refineries&nbsp;(WP1)&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Solrun&nbsp;Vevelstad, SINTEF&nbsp;(10 mins)&nbsp;</li> <li>Demonstrating pilot-scale CO₂&nbsp;capture with optimised solvent&nbsp;(WP2)&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Juliana&nbsp;Monteiro, TNO (10 mins)&nbsp;</li> <li>Assessing potential for CCUS at oil refineries within clusters&nbsp;(WP3)&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;P&aacute;draig&nbsp;Fleming,&nbsp;Ervia&nbsp;(10 mins)&nbsp;</li> <li>Social, political and commercial context for CCS deployment&nbsp;(WP4)&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Niall Dunphy, UCC (10 mins)&nbsp;</li> <li>Q&amp;A (15 mins)&nbsp;</li> </ul>