SPE Aberdeen
CO2 Storage Conference Organisation
Capturing the carbon storage industry's attention, year after year
As part of a long-running relationship with SPE Aberdeen, we have been the professional conference organiser for the annual CO2 Storage Conference since it launched in 2020, growing it from a brand-new event to a sold-out fixture that's heading into its 6th edition.
challenges
- Launching a brand-new, not-for-profit conference for an emerging industry
- Creating a sponsorship and exhibition model that could sustain the event long-term
- Delivering full-service PCO support alongside a volunteer technical committee
- Rebuilding the event as an in-person experience after several years online
Sector
- Energy
Services
- Professional Conference Organisation
- Sponsorship & Exhibition Sales
- Event Management
- PR & Comms
A Full House
The conference has sold out its delegate places for two years running, in a growing and highly technical field.
2
Consecutive sold-out years
A Growing Programme
Interest keeps building. The 2026 programme was shaped from a record number of submitted abstracts.
88
Abstracts submitted for 2026
Standing The Test Of Time
What began as a new event in 2020 now returns every year, building a loyal following across the industry.
6 th
Edition in October 2026
Building a New Conference From the Ground Up
In 2020, SPE Aberdeen and GESGB launched a new, not-for-profit conference for the carbon capture, utilisation and storage industry. At the time, this was a small and fast-changing field.
As a long-term partner of SPE Aberdeen, we were brought on board as the event's PCO, running its first edition online and working alongside a volunteer technical committee to shape a programme from scratch.
That relationship has continued through every edition since. The conference moved to an in-person format at the Chester Hotel, Aberdeen, in 2024, and its name evolved alongside it, from the CCUS Conference to the CO2 Storage Conference; a change made to keep the event focused and relevant to SPE Aberdeen and GESGB's own audiences, whose interest centres on capture and storage rather than the wider utilisation space.
End-to-End Conference Delivery
We manage every stage of the conference on the organising committee's behalf: coordinating the technical committee's abstract calls and scoring, shaping the programme around the industry's evolving priorities, building sponsorship and exhibition packages, running social and email marketing, managing delegate registration, and delivering the event on-site through to post-event reporting.
As a not-for-profit event, the surplus it generates is reinvested by SPE Aberdeen and GESGB to support the next generation of the industry, including bursaries for students and young professionals. Since moving in person, the conference has built steadily on that foundation – growing its delegate numbers, sponsorship and exhibition income, and selling out its delegate places every year at the Chester Hotel. This all equates to an increase in the surplus available to reinvest into different initiatives by both organisations.
Capturing The Industry's Attention
The CO2 Storage Conference has sold out its delegate places for two consecutive years, attracted a record 88 abstracts for its 2026 programme, and continues to grow its reputation as the carbon storage industry's most important annual gathering. Six editions in, the best is still to come.
"Amazing conference, so well organised... Thank you to the Mearns & Gill team on the event organising, it was a perfect two days and every little detail was thought of."
Ingrid Huldal
Expro (sponsor and exhibitor)
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