A renowned advisor for the maritime industry, DNV, has won the contract for the carbon capture and storage pipeline materials study from Neptune Energy. DNV is set to study the fracture and suitability of offshore pipelines for re-use in CO2 transport.
Senior vice president at DNV, Prajeev Rasiah, said: “We see CCS as one of the ways to accelerate the decarbonisation of the energy sector.
“With the potential to be one of the largest CCS facilities in the Dutch North Sea, at scale projects such as these will be significant for CCS technology advancement and cost reduction.”
The goal of the study is to review plans for a large-scale offshore CCS project at the Neptune-operated L10 area in the Dutch North Sea. The pipeline materials analysis is part of a wider feasibility study launched at the end of 2020 by Neptune Energy.
DNV will determine suitable approaches to ductile fracture assessments in dense phase CO2 pipeline systems and their applicability to welded and seamless subsea line pipe for the first phase of the study. The second phase will use the approach form the first phase to assess the likely suitability of the existing pipelines for dense phase CO2 transport.
If successful, the project will be one of the largest CCS facilities in the Dutch North Sea and could meet more than 50 percent of the CO2 reduction being targeted by the Dutch industrial sector.
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