MOL secured ClassNK AiP for a 40,000 m3 liquefied CO2 carrier design fitted with three Wind Challenger units, developed with Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for cross-border CO2 transport.
Metropolitan CCS has secured approval to begin exploratory drilling offshore Kujukuri in Chiba Prefecture, supporting a project that aims to capture industrial CO2, transport it by pipeline, and store it in offshore geological formations.
Purpose-built CO2 carriers are moving into service as CCS projects expand in Europe and Japan. Northern Phoenix, Carbon Destroyer 1, and new Japanese vessel concepts show how the segment is developing to support offshore CO2 storage.
Yinson Production has started the CCS unit on FPSO Agogo, marking a milestone for offshore post-combustion CO2 capture at the Agogo Integrated West Hub offshore Angola.
Sevan Deepwater Technology and LATTICE International AS are evaluating an optimised FSIU concept for CCS, combining LPV storage technology with a cylindrical hull design.
Saturation divers and an ROV installed a buoyant dynamic hose and seabed manifold at the Nini field, preparing an offshore connection for CO2 transport and injection under the INEOS-led Greensand scheme.
Royal Wagenborg installed four CO₂ storage tanks on Carbon Destroyer 1 at Delfzijl, using Triton to place 28 m-long, 190 t tanks supporting Greensand CCS transport to the Nini-field.
