Offshore staff
ABERDEEN, UK – Wood is working on concept selection and early design for the UK’s Humber Zero project on the English east coast.
The aim is to develop a zero-carbon industrial cluster around Immingham that will integrate established industrial sites (power and petrochemical facilities) with state-of-the-art technology to capture carbon, thereby reducing their emissions and helping the UK meet de-carbonization targets.
Wood’s concept includes three phases of development over the next decade to capture, treat, and compress up to 8 MM metric tons/yr (8.8 MM tons) of carbon dioxide (CO2) for permanent storage in geological formations below the UK North Sea. The three sites are the VPI Immingham combined heat and power plant, the Phillips 66 Humber refinery, and the Uniper Killingholme power plant.
An assessment of the different needs of the industrial processes on the three sites has led to a plan involving several complementary technologies.
These include use of renewable power to generate green hydrogen through electrolysis; generation of blue hydrogen with integrated carbon capture; and post-combustion carbon capture from existing stacks.
06/03/2020
