Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS): Ensuring fair access to CO2 infrastructure

From:: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Published: 28 November 2025

Summary

We are seeking views on the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011 to ensure fair access to CO2 pipelines and storage sites.

This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 6 February 2026

Consultation description

This consultation reviews the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011 to assess their effectiveness.

It is part of a wider effort to progress areas that could help the UK transition to a self-sustaining carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) market.

The questions in this consultation focus on how the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011 may need to be amended to:

reflect the policy environment CCUS now operates in
support both the establishment of first-of-a-kind CCUS infrastructure and future development of the CCUS market
support policy objectives for domestic and global emissions reduction

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