What is CCUS?

CCUS is the process of capturing CO₂ emissions from a variety of high-emitting industrial facilities like coal-fired power plants, cement manufacturing, ethanol production, and steel manufacturing, and reusing it or storing it so it will not enter the atmosphere. CO₂ storage in geologic formations includes oil and gas reservoirs, unmineable coal seams and deep saline reservoirs—structures that have stored crude oil, natural gas, brine, and CO₂ over millions of years.

Capture

Carbon capture technologies remove CO₂ from emissions or prevent CO₂ from being admitted so it can be utilized or sequestered

Transport

Once the CO₂ is conditioned, it is transported through pipelines, ships (CO₂ carriers), motor carriers and railways to a storage site or to be used in other applications.

Utilization

CO₂ has two primary uses, enhanced oil recovery and as an input in the food industry. Extensive research is underway to discover new uses for CO₂.

Storage

Instead of utilization, CO₂ can be permanently stored in underground formations, such as depleted oil or gas reservoirs, coal beds, or saline aquifer. It can also be sequestered through mineral carbonation, which creates a solid carbonate form.

We are taking a leading role in the financing and development of CCUS projects in the U.S. and globally.

As CCUS activity is expected to grow at an exponential pace, stakeholders across the industry will look to capitalize on CCUS tax credits through the development of new projects at a rapid pace. This expected exponential growth in activity will bring new and complex challenges, particularly for emitters who may have no experience or capital to capture and effectively sequester CO₂.

Our CCUS Advantage

Unique Offering

We offer a full suite of advisory services to CCUS stakeholders, including in-house reservoir engineering and geoscience capabilities, that is unmatched by competition.

Energy Expertise

Energy–it’s what we do. Substantially all our clients are energy companies and/or energy investors. We have served over 200 clients across every sector of the energy industry.

Deep Industry Relationships

We have built and maintained strong relationships with key energy industry stakeholders such as industry companies, private equity, law firms and other capital providers.

One Firm

“One Firm” is a core tenant of Opportune. It means that although we may have different teams on a single project, the interaction between and management of the teams are seamless. There is never competition between our service lines.