{"id":4555,"date":"2026-01-30T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:31:16","slug":"gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Porthos welcomes Dr Ir Gemmeke Groot as project director on 9 February 2026. She will continue to lead the project through to commissioning and into the full operational phase of a safe, reliable and cost-effective integrated CO\u2082 transport and storage system. Following a handover period, Gemmeke Groot will succeed Hans Meeuwsen on 25 February, who will remain in post until that date.<\/p>\n<p>The new project director brings with her a wealth of international experience. Gemmeke Groot has a long track record in various management positions within operational, project and engineering environments at Shell, both in the Netherlands and abroad. In her most recent role as Maintenance, Turnaround &amp; Construction Manager, the emphasis was on complex technical environments where safety, reliability and cooperation are key.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:b533e95d-ff90-4456-8329-40637d4204d0-1\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"14d3a2ca-0061-4417-a0a0-8f827061598f\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"263\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Gemmeke Groot speaks clearly about the importance of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): &#8216;CCS projects are indispensable to both the Dutch and the global energy transition. It is fantastic to be able to contribute to this in my role as Project Director at Porthos.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>The construction of the Porthos infrastructure is well advanced. Construction of the CO\u2082 transport and storage system started in early 2024. The onshore and offshore pipelines have now been fully constructed. The realisation of the compressor station on the Maasvlakte is also progressing steadily, as is the conversion of the former gas production platform into a CO\u2082 injection platform. Porthos is expected to be operational in the autumn of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porthos welcomes Dr Ir Gemmeke Groot as project director on 9 February 2026. She will continue to lead the project through to commissioning and into the full operational phase of a safe, reliable and cost-effective integrated CO\u2082 transport and storage system. Following a handover period, Gemmeke Groot will succeed Hans Meeuwsen on 25 February, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos - Porthos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos - Porthos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Porthos welcomes Dr Ir Gemmeke Groot as project director on 9 February 2026. She will continue to lead the project through to commissioning and into the full operational phase of a safe, reliable and cost-effective integrated CO\u2082 transport and storage system. Following a handover period, Gemmeke Groot will succeed Hans Meeuwsen on 25 February, who [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Porthos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-30T09:55:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sandra Moerman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sandra Moerman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sandra Moerman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b0a238fe35920ae90d3f7401c86bff8\"},\"headline\":\"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-30T09:55:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/\",\"name\":\"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos - Porthos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-30T09:55:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b0a238fe35920ae90d3f7401c86bff8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Porthos\",\"description\":\"CO2 transport &amp; storage\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b0a238fe35920ae90d3f7401c86bff8\",\"name\":\"Sandra Moerman\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/porthosco2.nl\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos - Porthos","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos - Porthos","og_description":"Porthos welcomes Dr Ir Gemmeke Groot as project director on 9 February 2026. She will continue to lead the project through to commissioning and into the full operational phase of a safe, reliable and cost-effective integrated CO\u2082 transport and storage system. Following a handover period, Gemmeke Groot will succeed Hans Meeuwsen on 25 February, who [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/","og_site_name":"Porthos","article_published_time":"2026-01-30T09:55:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sandra Moerman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sandra Moerman","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/"},"author":{"name":"Sandra Moerman","@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b0a238fe35920ae90d3f7401c86bff8"},"headline":"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos","datePublished":"2026-01-30T09:55:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/"},"wordCount":241,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/","url":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/","name":"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos - Porthos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-30T09:55:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b0a238fe35920ae90d3f7401c86bff8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemmeke-Groot-a.s.-projectdirecteur-Porthos-scaled.jpg","width":2048,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/gemmeke-groot-starts-as-project-director-at-porthos\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gemmeke Groot starts as project director at Porthos"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/","name":"Porthos","description":"CO2 transport &amp; storage","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b0a238fe35920ae90d3f7401c86bff8","name":"Sandra Moerman","sameAs":["https:\/\/porthosco2.nl"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4557,"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions\/4557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.porthosco2.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}