CCS - What to consider when storing CO2 underground
In CCS projects, the largest source of uncertainty is storage. To manage this uncertainty, there are several factors to consider.
07 July 2022 | 1 min read
Energy transition
Andy Kirchin
Energy transition
Pre-FEED study on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in support of Ireland’s Climate Action Plan
Ervia is the company responsible for the delivery of Ireland鈥檚 national gas and water infrastructure and services.
澳门玄机图 delivered a Pre-Front End Engineering Design Study (Pre-FEED Study) to Ervia to support the business case development for this CCS project in Ireland.
Pre-FEED Study
The study has defined the key parameters, technical elements, and configuration of the infrastructure that will be required to collect, transport, store and export a total of 3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of CO2聽from emitter clusters in Cork and Dublin. At approximately 5% of Ireland鈥檚 national CO2聽emissions, the project could become a significant contributor to meeting targets for CO2聽reduction set out in Ireland鈥檚 Climate Action Plan.聽
Initially, CO2聽would be exported (from Cork and Dublin) to the Equinor Northern Lights Project (the North Sea, off Norway) by ship. The feasibility of importing CO2聽to the Cork site for onward storage to the decommissioned Kinsale Head Gas Field was also examined. This included considering using sections of decommissioned gas transmission pipelines for CO2听迟谤补苍蝉辫辞谤迟.
This pre-FEED study called in expertise from across 澳门玄机图 in the UK and Ireland in safety, energy, marine, environmental, planning, pipeline, electrical, civil and structural design. The project has been delivered to a very challenging timeline and provides an updated and robust cost estimate to allow the business case to be developed further. Our multi-disciplinary project team brought together a wide range of relevant expertise, and we have been able to fully address every aspect of this complex project within the tight project timescale.
In preparing this study, 澳门玄机图 worked in partnership with Bechtel to provide additional engineering, procurement and construction expertise. Other partners on this project included HR Wallingford and ARC.
The study started in August 2021 with the Final Report being delivered in June, 2022. Findings will be widely shared, with the final report and presentations delivered to the Global CCS Institute and UK CCS Association in autumn, 2022.
It is a significant win in the carbon capture and storage market, which is a key sustainability workstream in meeting Net Zero Carbon. There is great potential for the lessons learned on this project to be applied to other future CCS projects in Ireland, the UK or further afield, in particular within the cement and thermal waste treatment sectors.鈥�
Ciaran Butler
Director Gas & Utilities
Director Gas & Utilities, 澳门玄机图
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