The Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline is a proposed onshore pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide produced by industrial projects in the Humber region to secure offshore storage under the North Sea.
The proposed Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline is an important part of Northern Endurance Partnership’s overall plans for a network of carbon dioxide transportation and storage infrastructure across the East Coast. This will enable the East Coast Cluster.
The East Coast Cluster, which serves the industrial powerhouse regions of Teesside and the Humber, has been selected as one of the first two carbon capture and storage (CCS) clusters to be taken forward by the UK Government.
The East Coast Cluster includes a diverse mix of projects, including industrial carbon capture, low-carbon hydrogen production, negative emissions power, and power with carbon capture. These technologies are essential for the UK to meet its net zero targets.
The Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline has a vital role to play in the decarbonisation of the Humber industrial cluster, which is the highest carbon producing region in the UK. It is especially important to support key industries in the drive to net zero and in meeting the UK’s carbon budgets, which are a legally binding cap on the maximum level of carbon emissions. Both Teesside and the Humber will also benefit from an increase in green jobs, skills development and supply chain benefits.
We held a targeted consultation from 23 June 2026 to 23:59 on 26 July 2026 on specific changes to our proposals for the Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline.
You can find out more about the targeted consultation and the changes proposed here.
Following this targeted consultation, and the statutory consultation held in 2025, we will be:
- Reviewing and considering feedback received.
- Refining our proposals, taking into account feedback and survey findings.
- Responding to feedback received as part of our Development Consent Order (DCO) application submission.
- Undertaking further environmental and technical surveys along the route.
- Producing an Environmental Statement as part of the DCO application that will detail the environmental considerations for the project.
We will continue to keep local communities, their representatives, and landowners updated as we finalise our proposals before submitting our DCO application in early 2027.
We have also submitted our planning applications for trial Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) to North Lincolnshire Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council. More information on the trial HDD applications can be viewed on our website here.
Location
The pipeline would be built between the Drax area in North Yorkshire and the coast north of Easington in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Parts of the pipeline would also run through North Lincolnshire. The pipeline itself would be underground but would also require a number of Above Ground Installations along with a Pump Facility.
The draft Order Limits presented at the statutory consultation can be viewed below. A detailed, interactive map of our proposals can also be seen here.
