About Us

CarbonCQ is a specialist Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project Developer and Consultancy

CarbonCQ was formed in 2021 to pursue CCS project development activities and consulting opportunities

CarbonCQ has a diverse team drawn from the geoscience, engineering, commercial, regulatory and corporate finance disciplines. Together we have the expertise to identify, appraise and develop CCS opportunities from both a technical and commercial perspective, while navigating the regulatory and stakeholder management complexities of CCS project delivery

We recognize that the creation of CCS hubs is essential to allow some hard-to-abate industrial sectors to decarbonize. CCS plays a critical role in carbon abatement and without it, net zero targets cannot be achieved

Our team members have first-hand experience in managing CCS projects in Australia, including the South West Hub CCS Project in Western Australia and the CO2CRC Otway project in Victoria

Our Mission

Our mission is to identify, appraise and develop CCS hub opportunities that have a real impact on industrial decarbonisation efforts.

CarbonCQ takes a collaborative approach to CCS business development, recognizing that cooperation between emitters, developers and infrastructure owners is key to drive down emissions aggregation, treatment, transportation and sequestration costs. We seek to develop strategic partnerships to ensure that we can bring in the necessary expertise, resources and funding capabilities as required to optimise the project delivery pathway.

Our Vision

CarbonCQ aspires to be a leader in the development of common-user CCS Hubs that provide decarbonisation options to hard-to-abate industrial sectors at an affordable CO2 disposal cost

CarbonCQ Team

Dr Sharma has over 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, the last fifteen of which have been focused on geological sequestration of carbon dioxide.

Bob has over 30 years’ commercial, operations, supply chain, project management experience gained through managing complex businesses and large projects.

Mark has over 30 years of global upstream experience in technical and management roles. He has extensive experience in oil and gas field development and Carbon Dioxide storage evaluation, including field appraisal, asset evaluation and resource reporting.

Anagh is an experienced Commercial, Operations, Strategy and Innovation professional who has been successfully commercializing and delivering innovative technologies in Resources industry for over 15 years.

Dominique Van Gent was the carbon capture strategy coordinator at the Department of Mines and Petroleum in Western Australia. He has a master’s in literature and communication and an MBA.

Martin is a co-founder and Executive Director of CarbonTP, a specialist energy transition advisory founded in 2020.

Martin has 30 years’ commercial experience in the international upstream oil and gas industry. In 2020 he completed a Masters in Renewable & Sustainable Energy at Murdoch University’s engineering faculty

Rajan has worked with government utilities and private sector proponents developing renewable energy strategy and financing large scale renewable energy projects for all technologies including solar, wind, biomass and waste to energy

Mark is a co-founder and Executive Director of CarbonTP, a specialist energy transition advisory founded in 2020.

Mark has more than 20 years’ technical and operational experience in oil and gas and chemicals including ammonia manufacturing and gas processing. He also spent 5 years as a global expert with McKinsey’s Petroleum Asset Excellence team.

CarbonCQ as a CCS Partner

CarbonCQ can bring together all parts of a CCS project; not just subsurface. It focuses on the entire CCS chain, from emissions, transport, commercial arrangements to subsurface. It is an independent CCS adviser with real industry experience and capability

One of the leading CCS teams with all round capability
Focus on driving opportunity commercially and technically (including subsurface, pipelines, aggregation etc)
Skill set spanning all aspects of project
Small organization, small overheads and nimble approach required as a developer to maximize chances of success

Strong relationships with financiers across the project structure including project financiers, equity investors and government funding agencies
Capability in arranging and delivering the required finance
Experience in developing complex, multiuser projects across the energy transition space
Independent developer and focused on finding solutions for all emitters