The Bonaparte CCS project has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government. It is the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to receive the status in Australia.The Bonaparte
The Bonaparte CCS project has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government. It is the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to receive the status in Australia.
The Bonaparte CCS Assessment Joint Venture is operated by Inpex subsidiary Inpex Browse E&P (53%) and also involves TotalEnergies CCS Australia (26%) and Woodside Energy (21%).
The awarding highlights the project’s recognized potential to support a lower carbon future as well as reflecting the Australian government’s acknowledgment of the project’s strategic importance in achieving Australia’s net zero goals.
Appraisal works in 2024 confirmed a high-quality saline aquifer reservoir suitable for safe and permanent carbon storage in the Bonaparte Basin, approximately 250 kilometers offshore Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Inpex considers the project has potential to be one of the largest commercial CCS projects in the world, and it could substantially contribute to decarbonizing northern Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
The Joint Venture intends to transport and store carbon dioxide (CO2) safely and permanently in the Bonaparte Basin, which has a potential carbon storage capacity of more than 10 million tons per year.
The Joint Venture commenced preliminary front-end engineering design (FEED) work in April 2025 and plans
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