MHI receives order for CO2 Recovery Facility of Norway's Gassnova

21 November 2011: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order from Gassnova SF, a Norwegian state enterprise handling carbon capture and storage (CCS), to undertake initial planning of the world's largest-class carbon dioxide (CO2) capture facility. The planning task is part of Gassnova and Statoil's Technology Qualification Program (TQP) targeting installation of an approximately 3,400 tons-per-day (tpd) CO2 recovery system from a gas-fired combined heat and power plant (CHP) producing up to 280 megawatt (MW) electricity and 350 MW heat at Mongstad, on Norway's west coast. MHI will vie against other companies participating in the initial planning competition - which encompasses CO2 capture technology, facility performance, and construction and operation costs of the planned CO2 recovery plant.

The planned CO2 capture project is aimed at removing, capturing, compressing and storing CO2 emitted from an existing natural gas-fired CHP plant in operation at Mongstad since 2009 at an oil refinery operated by Statoil, an oil and gas utility. The companies participating in the TQP competition will conduct a feasibility study (F/S) and planning of a pilot plant test for verification, which will be carried out in 2012. Based on the results of the TQP, a concept selection will be made for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase. Plans call for Gassnova and Statoil to prepare for a final decision on the full-scale CO2 capture facility construction around 2016.

Source: Yourindustrynews