Wood leads industry project to accelerate CCUS with guidelines for CO2 specifications – Chemical Engineering

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) leads a joint industry partnership (JIP) to create industry guidelines for CO₂ specifications to accelerate sustainable carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects.

The guidelines are the first of their kind to focus on the impact of impurities on CO₂throughout the CCUS value chain. These findings aim to accelerate the pace and growth of the CCUS industry by creating a CO₂ conditioning standard to meet safety, environmental, technical and operational requirements.

wood established the JIP to compile industry research and the experiences of operators currently operating in the CCUS space to determine the effects of impure CO₂ in existing carbon capture chains. The results of this collaboration determined the negative impact impurities of CO₂ capture can result from transportation to storage and eventual use.

The identification of these data allowed the development of guidelines for asserting CO₂ conditioning standards required to meet the safety, environmental and operational requirements for sustainable CCUS production.

JIP members include wood, Aramco, Equinor, Fluxys, Gassco, Harbor Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Net Zero Technology Centre, OMV, Petronas, Shell and TotalEnergies. The JIP also brought together industry and research experts, DNV, Heriot-Watt University, IFE, NGI, NPL and TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), with support from multiple licensors and equipment suppliers.

Azad Hessamodini, Executive Chairman of Wood Consultingsaid: “We are proud to contribute to the industry by sharing these guidelines for establishing CO₂ specifications Undoubtedly, CCUS will play a crucial role in reducing emissions from sectors that are difficult to reduce. These guidelines will support the safe and effective design of projects while minimizing operational risks. This collaborative effort made possible by the invaluable contribution of our customers and research partners represents an important step in the development of knowledge of CCUS practices in our industry.”