Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the CO2 transportation and storage provider for the East Coast Cluster, has announced the appointment of Rich Denny as Managing Director.
Beginning June 1st, Rich will lead the delivery of the UK’s first CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure network, operating from a base on Teesside. NEP announced financial close in December 2024, giving the green light to proceed to the execution phase that will serve three initial carbon capture projects on Teesside: NZT Power, H2Teesside and Teesside Hydrogen CO2 Capture. NEP expects to commence construction from the middle of 2025 with start-up expected in 2028.
NEP is an incorporated joint venture established solely to develop and operate CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure on behalf of the NEP Shareholders – bp, Equinor and TotalEnergies.
An experienced industry leader, Rich brings 28 years of global expertise from Shell’s Upstream business, where he held a variety of technical, commercial, and leadership roles. From 2016 to 2019, he served as Managing Director in Norway, where he was instrumental in establishing the 'Northern Lights' CO2 Transport & Storage joint venture. Most recently, Rich served in the UK Government’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority as Major Projects Lead for Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) and Hydrogen.
NEP Chair, Peter McFadzean, said 'Rich’s leadership will be instrumental in shaping and progressing the delivery of world-class CO2 transport and storage infrastructure to support the decarbonisation of the East Coast Cluster and the UK’s wider net zero ambitions. His unique background, spanning both industry and government, brings a valuable perspective and strong execution focus to NEP as it progresses the delivery of critical CO2 transport and storage infrastructure.'
NEP Managing Director, Rich Denny, said 'It’s an honour to lead the Northern Endurance Partnership – an organisation that is leading the way in achieving net zero in the UK’s most carbon intensive industrial regions. I’m passionate about making a real difference in the energy transition and am deeply motivated by the potential of NEP to decarbonise our country’s industrial heartlands while providing jobs and supply chain opportunities.'
The infrastructure includes a CO2 gathering network and onshore compression facilities as well as a 145km offshore pipeline and subsea injection and monitoring facilities for the Endurance saline aquifer located around 1000m below the seabed. The infrastructure will transport and permanently store up to an initial 4 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Future expansion of the East Coast Cluster across Teesside and the Humber could enable the transportation and permanent storage of up to an average of around 23 million tonnes of CO2 per year from future selected carbon capture projects – helping the East Coast Cluster create and support up to an average of 25,000 jobs per year.
Source: Northern Endurance Partnership
