Ongoing operators
Cessation of oil and gas production at the Eni-owned Liverpool Bay facilities took place in December 2024.
Since then, decommissioning activity of the Point of Ayr onshore gas processing plant in north Wales has been under way, ready for repurposing for future CO2 transportation and storage (T&S) operations as part of the Liverpool Bay CCS Limited T&S infrastructure to serve the HyNet Cluster.
Energy transition
Point of Ayr Gas Terminal will be transformed to enable CO2 transport and storage activities for Eni’s Liverpool Bay CCS project, which forms the backbone of the HyNet industrial decarbonisation cluster in north-west England and north Wales.
As part of phase one, 4.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of CO2 from heavy industries will be stored in depleted oil and gas reservoirs in the East Irish Sea.
In April 2025, Eni was awarded three carbon storage permits by the NSTA, and reached financial close with the UK government, enabling it to start preparing the stores for injection.
The first two anchor emitters – Heidelberg Materials' Padeswood cement plant and Encylis' energy from waste Protos facility – reached FID on their capture projects in September 2025.
Last updated 15/1/2026