Global engineering company Wood has finalized the evaluation of the technical feasability of three carbon capture and storage projects in the continental shelf of Norway.
The company has completed a thorough evaluation of the technical viability of the Trudvang, Luna, and Havstjerne CCS projects. Together, these initiatives have the potential to store up to 21 million tonnes of CO2 each year, which is nearly half of Norway’s total CO2 emissions in 2023, estimated at 46.6 million tonnes.
Azad Hessamodini, Executive President of Consulting at Wood, said: “I am incredibly proud of our advisory team’s dedication and expertise, which have been instrumental in driving these projects forward. Our long-standing presence in the North Sea, combined with the strategic scopes of work we have secured in the Norwegian Continental Shelf, underscore our commitment to bringing investible and scalable decarbonisation solution to the region. We are honoured to support Norway in its journey towards a low carbon future.”
Licenses for the three projects are owned by Sval, Storegga and Vår Energi (Trudvang), Wintershall Dea and Total (Luna) and Wintershall Dea and Altera (Havstjerne) and the the assessment itself involved both a technological evaluation and one reviewing the technology’s economics.
On the technical side there were flow assurance simulations, development of CO2 specifications, specialised subsea field layouts and innovative marine loading and offloading solutions.
With this phase completed work on building the CO2 transportation infrastructure is cleared to begin.
Wood is also working on other carbon capture projects beside these in Norway. The company recently concluded the initial FEED phase for a carbon capture hub being developed by Aramco in Saudi Arabia. Once completed it will become the largest carbon capture and sequestration center globally.
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