The Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj has been awarded a contract to provide pump methods for 2 LNG fuelled carriers that may transport liquid CO2 to the Northern Lights project’s storage amenities in Norway.
2021 has been a record year for Svanehøj.
Northern Lights is developing infrastructure to transport CO2 from industrial emitters in Norway and different European international locations by ship to a receiving terminal in western Norway for intermediate storage, earlier than being transported by pipeline for permanent 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 capacity of seven,500 m3 of liquid CO2. Svanehøj will deliver two 15 m deepwell cargo pumps of for every ship. In ส่วนประกอบpressuregauge , Svanehøj’s multigas technology shall be proven to its full potential, because the buyer desires the pumps to even be used to dealing with LPG pure fuel. Over the years, Svanehøj has provided cargo pump systems to greater than 1,100 LPG tankers around the world.
“We have received the order by way of our long-standing partner, TGE Marine, which designs and delivers full cargo handling techniques for the CO2 carriers,” said Thomas Uhrenholt Nielsen, gross sales director, Cargo Gas at Svanehøj. “TGE has chosen our deepwell cargo fuel pumps, which they’re very acquainted with from numerous LPG tankers.”
Svanehøj has been supplying cargo pump systems for CO2 carriers for the explanation that late Nineties.
“Thanks to our experience from the comparatively few CO2 ships constructed thus far, we’re a part of the dialogue on several of the upcoming CCS (carbon capture & Storage) projects. CCS is a spotlight space in our business technique, and the order from TGE for Northern Lights is due to this fact of nice strategic importance. This might be a giant marketplace for us within the next few years,” addedsaid Uhrenholt Nielsen.
Svanehøj started 2022 with a model new “Powering a better future” technique and a target of doubling its turnover to DKK1 billion (approximately US$143 million) by the tip of 2026. The technique is primarily centered on supporting the transition to climate-neutral delivery, but additionally on investing in new enterprise areas, including CCS.
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