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

 

Featured CSLF Publications

CSLF Technology Roadmap 2021

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Technology Roadmap 2021 is an update of the 2017 version, based on reported progress and published documentation on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) activities between October 2017 and February 2021. The roadmap provides recommendations to ministers of the CSLF member countries, and their climate and energy policymakers, on technology developments that are required for CCUS 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. View roadmap.

 Roadmap cover showing various CCUS technologies, research, and deployment
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. 

 Cover image of the 2017 CSLF Ministerial Communiqué
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.

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Featured Network Publications

World Energy Investment 2017 cover image World Energy Investment 2017

This International Energy Agency report shows that global energy investment fell by 12% in 2016, the second consecutive year of decline, as increased spending on energy efficiency and electricity networks was more than offset by a continued drop in upstream oil and gas spending. View report.  

 
IEA GHG ANnual Review 2016 - cover thumbnail IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme Annual Review 2016

The International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas (IEAGHG) Programme Annual Review 2016 outlines the work undertaken and produced by the IEAGHG in 2016, including the 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, networks, technical reports, information papers, and presentations made by members of staff at external meetings. View document.
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.

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 Reports

Task Force for Monitoring Progress of the CSLF Technology Roadmap (TRM)

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)