I-KNCC kanye nozakwethu we-COSCO bazothuthukisa inkampani ye-Offshore Liquid CO2 yamaphrojekthi we-Global CCUS
I-Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC), okuyibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kwe-NYK Line ne-Knutsen Group, ihlanganyele ne-COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (CHI) ukuze kuthuthukiswe umklamo wei-liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2)umthwali.
Ucwaningo oluhlanganyelwe, olugxile kubuchwepheshe be-KNCC be-LCO2-High Pressure (LCO2-EP), luzogxila ekuthuthukiseni umqondo womkhumbi we-direct injection offshore (DIO).
Idizayini ingase isekele amaphrojekthi okubanjwa kwekhabhoni, ukusetshenziswa nokugcinwa (i-CCUS) eNorth Sea, lapho umjovo oqondile wasogwini unganciphisa isikhathi nezindleko ezihambisana nokusetha ingqalasizinda evamile yasogwini noma entantayo.
Ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-LCO2-EP, iI-LCO2igcinwa ezingeni lokushisa elizungezile kanye nomfutho ophakeme, okusho ukuthi akukho ukushisa olwandle okudingekayo ngaphambi kokuba kufakwe igesi eliwuketshezi.
U-Oliver Hagen-Smith, oyi-CEO ye-KNCC, uthe ukubambisana kulindeleke ukuthi kubambe iqhaza elikhulu ekufezekiseni amaphrojekthi e-CCUS.
“Ubuchwepheshe be-LCO2-EP be-KNCC buhambisana kangcono nokusebenza komjovo oqondile ogwini lolwandle njengoba budinga amandla amancane nobunkimbinkimbi kunezinye izindlela zokujova.CO2 ezindaweni zokugcina ezingasogwini,” wengeza.
Isikhulu se-CHI esiphethe ibhizinisi laphesheya kwezilwandle, u-Wei Shi, sinanele lo mbono, saphawula ukuthi le phrojekthi inikeza amathuba okwakhiwa kwemikhumbi nezimboni zasolwandle ukunciphisaCO2 ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni.
“I I-LCO2umkhumbi womjovo oqondile osuselwe kubuchwepheshe be-LCO2-EP be-KNCC umele umklamo nomqondo oyingqayizivele futhi okhangayo ngokombono womakhi womkhumbi. Sijabule ngethemba lokusebenza ne-KNCC kulo msebenzi omusha.”
II-LCO2 idizayini yenkampani yenethiwekhi ngaphansi kokubuyekezwa ithole Ukuvunywa Kwesimiso (i-AiP) esivela ku-classification society DNV ngo-2022 futhi izothola ukugunyazwa okwengeziwe Ngokuvunyelwa Okujwayelekile Kwezicelo Zomkhumbi (GASA) ngo-2023.
Okwamanje, ukusetshenziswaI-LCO2abathwali kumaphrojekthi we-CCUS basesezigabeni zokuthuthuka nesokulinga, ngamaphrojekthi ambalwa ahlela ukusebenzisa noma ukuhlola ukusetshenziswa kwalezo zinkampani zenethiwekhi.