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Sinopec completes China’s first

million tonne CCUS project

ENERGY CHINA’S Sinopec said on January 29 that it had with a purification rate of over 99%. Meanwhile,
TRANSITION completed construction of the country’s first Shengli Oilfield built 10 unattended gas injection
carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) stations in Zhenglizhuang oilfield to inject CO2
project with a capacity of over 1mn tonnes per into 73 wells in a bid to increase crude fluidity
year (tpy). and improve oil recovery at the field.
The company said the Qilu-Shengli Oil- Sinopec said it had developed its own CCUS
field CCUS project was China’s first full indus- technology, which was yielding positive results in
trial chain CCUS demonstration project. The terms of both boosting oil recovery and reducing
scheme has two components – Sinopec Qilu’s emissions. According to the statement, Sinopec’s
carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from hydrogen low partial pressure CO2 capture technology has
Once the CO2 production at the Qilu refinery and Shengli been successfully applied at more than 50 facili-
is injected, it is Oilfield’s carbon dioxide (CO2) displacement ties across 16 provinces and cities in China, cap-
anticipated to help and storage. Construction was launched in turing over 200,000 tpy of CO2. The company
increase oil production July 2021. Once the CO2 is injected, it is antic- has also implemented 36 CO2 flooding projects
at the Shengli field. ipated to help increase oil production at the to date.
Shengli field by 3.0mn tonnes over the next The completion of the project comes as China
15 years. aims for peak carbon emissions by 2030, followed
According to the company’s statement, Sin- by carbon neutrality by 2060. Sinopec described
opec Qilu has built a liquid CO2 recovery and its CCUS project as being “of great significance to
utilisation facility that includes a compression China’s scaled development of CCUS and build-
unit, refrigeration unit, liquefaction refining ing an ‘artificial carbon cycle’ model” to improve
unit and supporting facilities to recover CO2 the country’s emissions reduction capabilities as
from the tail gas of a coal-to-hydrogen plant it works towards these long-term targets.™

Mitsubishi to build world’s first

liquefied CO2 carrier serving CCUS

PIPELINES & MITSUBISHI Shipbuilding, a division of Works’ Enoura plant. Completion and delivery
TRANSPORT Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, of the ship have been scheduled for the second
announced this week that it had signed a con- half of the 2023 fiscal year.
tract with Sanyu Kisen to build a demonstration Sanyu Kisen will be the subcontractor for the
vessel for the transportation of liquefied carbon project. The Engineering Advancement Associ-
dioxide (LCO2). ation of Japan (ENAA) is due to charter the ship
The initiative is part of a push to develop car- from Sanyu Kisen and operate it for the project’s
bon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), purposes. Three additional partners – Kawasaki
including transportation of CO2. The LCO2 ship Kisen Kaisha (“K” LINE), Nippon Gas Line and
would be the world’s first such vessel designed Ochanomizu University – have been brought
specifically to serve CCUS projects, according to on board to accelerate research and develop-
Mitsubishi, which noted that LCO2 ships have ment (R&D) of LCO2 transportation technol-
been used by the food industry. ogy. According to the statement, they are set to
The LCO2 project is being built in conjunction contribute to cost-reduction efforts relating to
with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Tech- CCUS technology and long-distance and large-
nology Development Organisation’s (NEDO) scale transportation of LCO2.
related work in CCUS research and development, According to Mitsubishi’s statement, the
according to the February 2 statement. vessel would have a tank capacity of 1,450 cubic
Mitsubishi will be in charge of all aspects metres.
from ship design to construction, including the The project comes as MHI is stepping up
cargo containment system, applying gas-han- its energy transition initiatives, while CCUS is
dling expertise that it has gained through the picking up momentum, including among the
construction of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) oil and gas industry, which is assessing how
and LNG vessels. Construction will take place it can keep meeting growing energy demand
at MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery while decarbonising.™

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