Assessment confirms existing pipeline can support future CO₂ transport concept

Rijswijk, 29 juni 2026 – Abeona is currently evaluating concepts for transporting CO₂ to offshore storage as part of the future Dutch CCS system. This includes exploring how existing infrastructure can help develop CO₂ transport capacity in an efficient and responsible way.

One of the concepts currently under public consultation explores the potential reuse of the existing Petrogas pipeline, which runs from the Q1 block in the North Sea to the EVOS terminal in Amsterdam. 

Over the past 18 months, Petrogas and Bureau Veritas have worked together to assess whether this pipeline can be requalified for future CO₂ transport.

Bureau Veritas has now completed this phase of the assessment. The assessment confirmed that the existing 20-inch pipeline can be adapted for CO₂ transport as part of the Abeona CCS project.

"Independent technical assessments such as this help us make well-informed decisions during the development of the Abeona CCS project. This assessment provides an important technical basis for one of the transport concepts currently under public consultation and shows how existing infrastructure may contribute to the future Dutch CCS system."

Aleid de Savornin Lohman, Project Director, Abeona CCS

The assessment marks the completion of an important technical study. As Abeona continues to evaluate the project concepts, the results will be part of the project’s future decision-making.

Where this can be done safely and responsibly, reusing existing infrastructure can help accelerate the development of additional CO₂ transport capacity while limiting the need for new infrastructure and reducing the project's physical footprint. 

Abeona thanks Bureau Veritas for its independent expertise and contribution to this phase of the project.

This assessment was made possible in part through a Top Sector Energy (TSE) feasibility study grant from the Dutch Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth.