The Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj has been awarded a contract to supply pump methods for two LNG fuelled carriers that can transport liquid CO2 to the Northern Lights project’s storage facilities in Norway.
2021 has been a report 12 months for Svanehøj.
Northern Lights is growing infrastructure to transport CO2 from industrial emitters in Norway and other European nations by ship to a receiving terminal in western Norway for intermediate storage, earlier than being transported by pipeline for everlasting storage in a geological reservoir 2,600 m underneath the seabed.
The two CO2 carriers are being built at Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC) in China and are anticipated to be operational in 2024. Both vessels will have a capability of seven,500 m3 of liquid CO2. Svanehøj will deliver two 15 m deepwell cargo pumps of for each ship. In this venture, Svanehøj’s multigas technology will be shown to its full potential, because the buyer desires the pumps to even be used to handling LPG natural fuel. Over the years, Svanehøj has supplied cargo pump techniques to more than 1,a hundred LPG tankers all over the world.
“We have won the order via our long-standing companion, TGE Marine, which designs and delivers complete cargo handling methods for the CO2 carriers,” said Thomas Uhrenholt Nielsen, sales director, Cargo Gas at Svanehøj. “TGE has chosen our deepwell cargo fuel pumps, which they’re very acquainted with from quite a few LPG tankers.”
Svanehøj has been supplying cargo pump systems for CO2 carriers because the late 1990s.
“Thanks to our expertise from the relatively few CO2 ships constructed thus far, we are part of the dialogue on a number of of the upcoming CCS (carbon capture & Storage) initiatives. CCS is a spotlight space in our business strategy, and the order from TGE for Northern Lights is due to this fact of nice strategic importance. This could be a giant marketplace for us inside the next few years,” addedsaid Uhrenholt Nielsen.
Svanehøj began 2022 with a new “Powering a greater future” strategy and a goal of doubling its turnover to DKK1 billion (approximately US$143 million) by the end of 2026. เกจวัดแรงดันเชื้อเพลิง is primarily centered on supporting the transition to climate-neutral transport, but in addition on investing in new business areas, including CCS.
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