October 17 ------ Consulting and engineering firm Wood has established and is leading a joint industry partnership (JIP) to accelerate carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects through the creation of industry guidelines for CO2 specifications.
Wood set up the JIP to collate industry research and the experience of operators currently operating in the CCUS arena to determine the effects of impure CO2 in existing carbon capture chains. The findings from the collaboration determined the negative impact impurities from CO2 capture can cause from transportation through to storage and eventual usage. According to Wood, the guidelines are the first of their kind to focus on the impact of impurities in CO2 across the entire CCUS value chain. Identifying this data allowed for the development of guidelines to affirm the CO2 conditioning standards required to meet the safety, environmental and operational necessary for sustainable CCUS production.
Besides Wood, the members of the JIP are Aramco, Equinor, Fluxys, Gassco, Harbor Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Net Zero Technology Centre, OMV, Petronas, Shell, and TotalEnergies. The JIP also brought together industry and research experts, DNV, Heriot-Watt University, IFE, NGI, NPL and TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), with support from multiple licensors and equipment suppliers.
“We are proud to contribute to the industry by sharing these guidelines for setting CO2 specifications. CCUS will undoubtedly play a crucial role in reducing emissions from hard-to-abate sectors,” said Azad Hessamodini, Executive President for Consulting at Wood. “These guidelines will support the safe and effective design of projects while minimizing operational risks. This collaborative effort made possible through invaluable input from our clients and research partners represents a significant step forward in developing CCUS practices knowledge across our industry.”
Earlier this summer Wood announced it was advancing three CCS projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which combined can store up to 21 million tons of CO2 annually, the equivalent of nearly half of Norway’s total CO2 emissions in 2023 (46.6 million tons).
The CCS licenses are owned by Sval, Storegga and Vår Energi (Trudvang), Wintershall Dea and Total (Luna), and Wintershall Dea and Altera (Havstjerne), with Wood’s technical experts from Stavanger, Sandefjord, Galway, Aberdeen, and Reading collaborating on the projects.
Source: maritime-executive.com
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