Draft Greenhouse Gas Storage And Transport Bill To Be Drafted

The Minister for Mines and Petroleum today approved the drafting of a Bill to provide the resources industry with opportunities to decarbonise, such as mineral carbonation and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).  At present there is no fit for purpose CCUS or carbon capture and storage (CCS) regime, with existing CCS activities requiring bespoke State Agreements to facilitate.

This development follows the announcement earlier in March of a CCUS study into Western Australian opportunities commissioned by the Western Australian LNG Jobs Taskforce. The study is being conducted by the CSIRO and the Global Carbon Capture & Storage Institute and intended to analyse how these technologies can be best deployed in Western Australia to decarbonise emissions intensive sectors.