Korea’s Samsung C&T Corporation has been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract by QatarEnergy for a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project that will be one of the largest in the world.
The new project will serve QatarEnergy’s existing LNG production facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City and is expected to capture and sequester up to 4.1 million tons of CO₂ per annum.
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, commented: “This milestone project builds upon our growing carbon capture and sequestration capabilities, which reinforces our position as a reliable provider of affordable, lower-carbon energy.
“All our LNG expansion projects will deploy CCS technologies, and we aim to capture over 11 MTPA of CO2 by 2035.
“By implementing important environmental aspects of QatarEnergy’s sustainability strategy, our CCS projects will enable a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and will greatly support Qatar’s National Climate Change Action Plan. To achieve this, we are pleased to partner with Samsung C&T Corporation, and we look forward to the successful execution of this world-scale project.”
QatarEnergy launched its first CCS project in 2019 with a capacity of 2.2 MTPA. Two other ongoing CCS projects will serve the North Field East and North Field South expansion projects, capturing and storing 2.1 MTPA and 1.2 MTPA of CO2 respectively.
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