LONDON, October 13, 2025 – The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has launched the CO₂ Storage Licence Tracker, a new online tool that consolidates information on CO₂ storage permits across nine countries, including the UK, US and Norway.
Mapping permitting activity across regions gives policymakers, regulators, project developers and investors a practical way to benchmark progress and helps accelerate the development of CCUS projects and hubs.
Built from publicly available data issued by national authorities, the CO₂ Storage Licence Tracker gives decision makers a clear, consistent view of permitting activity so they can monitor progress and help accelerate the development of storage resources. It enables users to filter and review permits by type and status across participating regions.
The CO₂ Storage Licence Tracker recognizes two primary permit types.
Exploration permits allow site surveys and studies to assess storage suitability but not injection. Exploitation permits authorize injection and permanent storage, covering operations through closure. These categories are aligned with widely used licensing concepts that differentiate between exploration and exploitation licences for subsea CO₂ storage.
OGCI member companies are developing more than 40 large-scale CCUS hubs worldwide, with potential to capture over 300 million tonnes of CO₂ per year by 2030. The new CO₂ Storage Licence Tracker supports future efforts for hub development by increasing visibility of permitting pathways in different jurisdictions.
About OGCI
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative is a CEO-led initiative comprised of 12 of the world’s leading oil and gas companies, producing around 30% of global oil and gas on an operated basis.
OGCI aims to lead the oil and gas industry’s response to climate change and accelerate action towards a net zero emissions future consistent with the timeframe of the Paris Agreement.
Since 2017, OGCI’s member companies have collectively reduced upstream operated methane emissions and routine flaring by more than 50%, invested nearly $100 billion in low-carbon technologies and shared best practices across the industry and other sectors to accelerate emissions reductions.
In 2016, OGCI launched Climate Investments to manage a $1 billion fund to develop and accelerate the commercial deployment of low emissions technologies.
In 2023, OGCI helped establish the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), which was launched at COP28 in Dubai. OGDC is a coalition of more than 50 companies with activities across more than 100 countries working to decarbonize the oil and gas sector at scale.
OGCI’s members are Aramco, bp, Chevron, CNPC, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Occidental, Petrobras, Repsol, Shell and TotalEnergies.
Read more about OGCI’s progress in our annual Progress Report and see our current Performance Data here.
