The publications library highlights trusted, unbiased, and authoritative carbon capture and storage (CCS) resources and recommendations from national government sources.

 

Featured CSLF Publications

2017 CSLF Ministerial Communiqué

In this communiqué, issued at the 7th Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Ministerial Meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ministers underscore the importance of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to the global clean energy transition, noting that there is a critical need for CCUS in the power sector and key opportunities for CCUS to achieve deep carbon dioxide emissions reductions from process industries such as refineries, the chemical sector, and cement and steel production. View communiqué. 
CSLF Technology Roadmap 2017

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Technology Roadmap 2017 provides recommendations to Ministers of the CSLF member countries, and their climate and energy policymakers, on technology developments that are required for carbon capture and storage (CCS) to fulfill the CSLF mission to facilitate the development and deployment of CCS technologies via collaborative efforts that address key technical, economic, and environmental obstacles. Governments have a critical role in accelerating the deployment of CCS. View roadmap. 

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Open letter to the UNFCCC on Carbon Capture and Storage

In this letter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Ernest Moniz, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, and Khalid A. Al Falih, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources, on behalf of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, discuss the importance of carbon capture and storage as a technology pathway to deliver national climate targets. View letter.

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White Paper on CCS in the Industrial Sector

This paper was prepared for the June 2016 Clean Energy Ministerial and Mission Innovation Ministerial. Twenty countries plus the European Union have joined Mission Innovation (MI) to date and pledged to double clean energy research and development funding in 5 years. 16 of the 21 MI members listed carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a core technology within their individual baseline plans (source: Mission Innovation Country Book). View white paper.

Featured Network Publications

Image of NRAP Tools Webpage National Risk Assessment Partnership Phase I Tools

The National Risk Assessment Partnership Phase I Tools are intended to help address leakage and induced seismicity risks associated with geologic carbon storage (GCS). These tools are designed to foster robust, objective, and science-based communication and decision making with respect to large-scale application of GCS and accelerate the adoption of GCS technologies. View tools.
Cover of report, Feasibility study for full-scale CCS in Norway Feasibility study for full-scale CCS in Norway

Published by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, this study aims to identify at least one technically feasible carbon capture and storage (CCS) chain (capture, transport and storage) with corresponding cost estimates. This study finds that a flexible CCS chain is feasible that makes use of carbon dioxide (CO2) transport by ship from multiple sources to a single storage hub. View document.
SET-Plan graphic Declaration of Intent on Action 9 – Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation

This Declaration represents the first step in the process of implementing Action 9 of the European Union's (EU's) Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) dedicated to renewing efforts to demonstrate carbon capture and storage in the EU and developing sustainable solutions for carbon capture and use. View document.
20 Years of Carbon Capture and Storage cover image 20 Years of Carbon Capture and Storage - Accelerating Future Deployment

This 2016 International Energy Agency report reviews progress in the past 20 years of carbon capture and storage (CCS), since the start of the Sleipner CCS Project in Norway. It also examines the role of CCS in achieving 2°C targets, considers the implications for climate change if CCS was not a part of the response, and examines opportunities to accelerate future deployment of CCS to meet the climate goals set in the Paris Agreement. View report.
What role for CCS following COP21?

Presented by Philippe Benoit, Head of the Energy Environment Division at the International Energy Agency, at a Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Workshop held in association with the Carbon Capture and Storage Association on 29 June 2016. View presentation.

Ministerial Communiqués

Meeting and Workshop Publications

Visit the Events page to access additional publications from Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) meetings and workshops.

CSLF Background Documents

Task Force Final Reports

Task Force on CCUS for Energy Intensive Industries

Task Force on Improved Pore Space Utilisation

Task Force on Clusters, Hubs, and Infrastructure and CCS

Task Force on Hydrogen Production and CCS

Task Force on Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

Task Force on CSLF Regulation

Task Force on Offshore Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2-EOR)

Task Force on Supporting Development of 2nd and 3rd Generation Carbon Capture Technologies

Task Force on Technical Barriers and Research and Development Opportunities for Offshore, Sub-Seabed Storage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Task Force on Reviewing Best Practices and Standards for Geologic Monitoring and Storage of CO2 2013

Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology Opportunities and Gaps

Task Force on Technical Challenges of Conversion of CO2-EOR Projects to CO2 Storage Projects

Task Force on Utilization Options of CO2

Task Force to Examine Risk Assessment Standards and Procedures

Task Force for Review and Identification of Standards for CO2 Storage Capacity Estimation

Task Force for Identifying Gaps in Monitoring and Verification of Geologic CO2 Storage

Task Force for Identifying Gaps in CO2 Capture and Transport

Strategic Plan Implementation Reports (SPIRs)