Svanehøj supplying pumps for North Sea Project Greensand CO2 carrier

INEOS has contracted Svanehøj to provide CO₂ cargo pumps for the Project Greensand carbon capture and storage (CCS) development in the Danish North Sea.

These will be for the onshore CO₂ terminal in Port Esbjerg and the liquefied CO₂ (LCO₂) carrier that will transport the LCO₂ to the North Sea for injection in the depleted Nini field. Subsurface storage could start by the end of this year.

Royal Wagenborg is constructing the LCO₂ carrier. This is based on the EasyMax concept, an open-top ice-classed vessel design, said to combine a large load-carrying capacity with low fuel consumption.

The completed vessel should be ready for operation by the end of 2025.

Magnus Madsen, sales manager of Cargo Gas with Svanehøj, said his company had worked with INEOS' development team over the past year on specifications for both sets of pumps, leading to an optimized design in terms of flow and pressure.

The company provided its first cargo pump system for an LCO₂ carrier in the 1990s. Last year its secured a contract to supply CO₂ pumps for various LCO₂ carriers under construction at the HD Hyundai Mipo shipyard.

It is also supplying CO₂ pumping systems for the Northern Lights LCO₂ fleet in Norway.

Project Greensand will capture and liquefy CO₂ emitted by Danish biogas producers, followed by transportation offshore for injection into Nini’s depleted oil wells for permanent storage.

During this initial commercial phase of the project, INEOS aims to store 400,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year, rising later to 8 MMmt/year.