QatarEnergy has gone on to award Samsung C&T Corporation with the engineering, procurement, and construction – EPC contract for CCS project – carbon capture and sequestration in order to serve the existing LNG production facilities of QatarEnergy in Ras Laffan Industrial City.
Apparently, the new project is going to capture and sequester almost 4.1 million tons of CO₂ per annum, therefore making it one of the largest of its kind in the world and placing Qatar right at the forefront when it comes to global large-scale carbon capture rollout, thereby reinforcing its leadership role in terms of providing responsible as well as sustainable energy.
The Minister of State for Energy Affairs and also the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, went on to welcome the EPC contract for CCS project as a very prominent step and said that this milestone project goes on to build upon their growing carbon capture and sequestration capabilities, which in a way reinforce their position of being a dependable provider when it comes to affordable lower-carbon energy. All of their LNG expansion projects will roll out CCS technologies, with an objective to capture more than 11 MTPA of CO₂ by 2035.
His Excellency Minister Al-Kaabi further added that through implementing important environmental elements of the sustainability strategy of QatarEnergy, their CCS projects are sure to enable a major reduction in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and are also going to greatly support the National Climate Change Action Plan of Qatar. In order to achieve this, he said that they are indeed pleased to partner along with Samsung C&T Corporation, and they look forward to the successful implementation of such a world-scale project.
Apparently, QatarEnergy went on to launch its first CCS project in 2019, having a capacity of 2.2 MTPA. There are two other ongoing CCS projects that will serve the North Field East as well as the North Field South expansion projects, therefore capturing as well as storing 2.1 MTPA and 1.2 MTPA of CO₂ respectively.
