Worley bagged a FEED Contract for QatarEnergy LNGs CO2 storage project
Worley, headquartered in Australia, has secured a Front-End-Engineering Design (FEED) contract for a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage initiative spearheaded by QatarEnergy LNG in Ras Laffan, Qatar. This venture is set to capture a notable 4.3 million metric tonnes of CO2 annually. The primary objective of this project is to curtail greenhouse gas emissions originating from QatarEnergy LNG North's seven liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains and three LNG trains from QatarEnergy LNG South.
The execution plan involves capturing CO2 from these trains, subsequently compressing it, and finally channeling it into newly constructed injection wells. Upon the FEED's culmination, the project's next phases will witness the installation of new compression trains and pipelines, based on insights gleaned from the FEED study and the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) phase.
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Nawar Chapman, who oversees operations for Worley in Qatar & Kuwait, expressed the company's enthusiasm about its ongoing collaboration with QatarEnergy LNG that spans over a decade. He emphasized Worley's comprehensive expertise in the region and its prowess in rendering FEED services to the carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) domain, asserting that this project will benefit from these strengths.
Worley's CCUS Centre of Excellence is tasked with modeling the CO2 capture process to validate the pre-FEED concept. This endeavor could potentially pave the way for Worley to extend its CO2 storage technology across the remaining LNG trains at both QatarEnergy LNG South and North facilities.
At the International Conference & Exhibition on LNG held in Vancouver, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, who helms the energy portfolio in Qatar and is also the CEO of QatarEnergy, shared projections that Qatar will contribute 40% of all new LNG by 2029. He further delineated Qatar's ambitious plan of ramping up production levels to 126 million tonnes per annum, coupled with an additional output from the US the subsequent year.
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Al-Kaabi highlighted Qatar's remarkable CO2 sequestration endeavors, signifying its dominant position in the MENA region. He indicated that the current sequestration stands at over 2 million metric tonnes annually, with plans to escalate this to 11 million metric tonnes in the coming years.
As a testament to Qatar's commitment to sustainability and addressing climate challenges, Qatar Petroleum underwent a rebranding exercise, adopting the name QatarEnergy in the previous October.
According to the article by Procurement Resource, Worley, an Australian firm, has been awarded a Front-End-Engineering Design (FEED) contract by QatarEnergy LNG for a significant carbon dioxide storage project in Ras Laffan, Qatar. This project aims to capture 4.3 million metric tonnes of CO2 annually from QatarEnergy LNG's facilities.
The plan involves capturing CO2, compressing it, and injecting it into newly constructed wells. Future stages include installing new compression trains and pipelines. Nawar Chapman of Worley highlighted their longstanding partnership with QatarEnergy LNG and their expertise in the CCUS domain. The project stands in line with Qatar's ambitious CO2 sequestration goals and its rebranding to emphasize sustainability efforts.
