The NSTA regulates the UK’s offshore carbon dioxide transport and storage industry and maintains the carbon storage public register. We are the licensing authority and approve and grant storage permits, while DESNZ leads government policy on carbon capture, utilisation and storage.
When exercising its functions, under the Energy Act 2016, the NSTA is required, so far as is relevant, to have regard to the development and use of facilities for the storage of carbon dioxide, and of anything else (including, in particular, pipelines) needed in connection with the development and use of such facilities.
