The Viking onshore pipeline project has got the Government green light clearing the way for a major piece of carbon capture infrastructure to break ground later this year.

The £200m project, led by Harbour Energy and backed by BP, will see a 55km underground pipeline built from Immingham to the old Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal.

From there, captured CO₂ will be piped offshore to the Viking gas fields in the North Sea for permanent storage.

This project forms part of a wider CCS scheme expected to unlock £7bn of investment across the Humber region by 2035, with 10,000 jobs during construction and £4bn in economic value forecast by the end of the decade.

Planning consent follows a six-month examination by the Planning Inspectorate, with local people, councils and consultees all having their say.

The Viking fields are expected to store up to 300m tonnes of CO₂, with the system handling up to 10m tonnes a year by 2030.