QatarEnergy’s gas production group has used Worley Ltd. for the construction of a carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration project at home that can capture 4.3 million metric tons per year.
Due for completion in 2024, the project in Ras Laffan, Qatar, will help “further reduce QatarEnergy LNG’s environmental impact across LNG. [liquefied natural gas] value chain by reducing emissions from its seven LNG trains at QG North and three LNG trains at QG South,” Australia-based Worley said in a press release on Monday.
The project will feature compression trains and piping, all of which will be installed after Worley completes its end-to-end engineering design (FEED) contract, Worley said. Its scope of work includes engineering design, procurement and construction, led by its teams in Australia and Qatar, according to the announcement.
“Based on the experience of our Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Centers of Excellence, the project team will aim to demonstrate the pre-FEED concept by modeling the CO2 capture process” , Worley said. “This high-level technical approach is intended to instill more confidence in expanding the CO2 sequestration technology in the future to include the remaining trains in QatarEnergy LNG South and North.”
Nawar Chapman, QatarEnergy LNG country manager for Qatar and Kuwait, said in a statement that the project “presents an opportunity to use our deep knowledge of the region and global experience to provide FEED services to the CCUS sector to drive the delivery of the project”.
QatarEnergy LNG, formerly Qatargas, operates 14 LNG trains with a combined production capacity of 77 million metric tons per year, according to information on the QatarEnergy LNG website.
The contract award was one of the first transactions announced since QatarGas changed its name to QatarEnergy LNG, a rebranding that the parent company says highlights its commitment to LNG as a key component of the global transition towards clean energy.
The new label “is part of growing international recognition of Qatar’s role in meeting the world’s growing need for energy, especially natural gas, the cleanest of all fossil fuels,” state-owned QatarEnergy said in a press release on September 14 announcing the name change. . “It also reflects QatarEnergy’s continued commitment to LNG as a critical source of energy for the coming decades and a vital enabler of the energy transition.”
Qatar’s Minister of Energy Affairs, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, said in a statement about the rebrand: “For 39 years, Qatargas has been a pioneer in the LNG industry helping to position the State of Qatar with firmly on the global LNG map and enhancing its leadership position as a safe, reliable and trusted LNG supplier.”
“Today, ‘QatarEnergy LNG’ carries this legacy well into the 21st century by helping to meet the world’s growing energy demand, placing LNG at the center of a realistic energy transition and playing a critical role in safeguarding energy security and the elimination of energy poverty”. Al-Kaabi said.
“While we recognize the enormous value that the Qatargas brand has accumulated over time, we believe this development will further strengthen Qatar’s global position by creating and leveraging a stronger link with the QatarEnergy brand to deliver even more value to the State of Qatar, its customers and the wider ecosystem of stakeholders,” the minister added. “In this context, we are reaffirming our belief in the future of LNG as the main source of energy for the coming decades and putting more emphasis on the central position that LNG occupies in our strategic priorities, development efforts and energy investments “.
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