Partner Profile

The Crown Estate


Areas of Expertise

The Crown Estate comprises an £8bn property portfolio, which is managed for the benefit of the nation. The Energy and Infrastructure portfolio includes almost all the entire seabed out to the 12 nautical mile territorial limit and the rights to explore and utilise the natural resources of the UK continental shelf (excluding the hydrocarbons).

Climate changes means that how, and where, we produce energy is changing. This challenge has placed The Crown Estate at the forefront of the world’s biggest clean energy project including offshore wind, wave and tidal, and CO2 transport and storage. We are working with regulatory agencies to facilitate deployment of large scale non-commercial CCS demonstration projects during the next five to ten years and are already preparing ourselves for the future beyond these first projects.

Recent Publications

Research Interests

Strategic objectives, technology priority and strategic actions on technology – carbon capture and storage

Strategic Technology Objectives Top Six Key Technology Areas (not in an order of ranking)

Robust evaluation and selection of storage development proposals

  • Geostatistics and techniques using sparse data for reservoir and aquifer site characterisation
  • Measurement, monitoring and verification techniques
  • Corrective measures and remedial action

Facilitate optimised CO2 transport and storage infrastructure development

  • Aquifer injectivity, pressure management, and containment
  • Network/cluster design and pipeline standards

Offshore CO2 enhanced oil recovery with storage

Detailed actions and initiatives on technology – carbon capture and storage

Top six key technology areas      Strategic actions required

1.            Geostatistics and techniques using sparse data for reservoir and aquifer site characterisation

  •  Help to facilitate through creation of collaboration networks

2.            Measurement, monitoring and verification techniques

  • Keep a watching-brief of the technology development
  • Join knowledge networks

3.            Corrective measures and remedial action

  • Keep a watching-brief of the technology development;
  •  Join knowledge networks

4.            Aquifer injectivity, pressure management, and containment

  • Support technology development
  • Help to facilitate
  • Join collaboration networks

5.            Network/cluster design and pipeline standards

  •  Support network and cluster working groups
  • Help to facilitate
  • Support technology development

6.            Offshore CO2 enhanced Oil recovery with storage

  • Keep a watching-brief of the technology development
  • Join knowledge networks