DSIC wins vessels contract for Northern Lights scheme

摘要

CHINESE yard Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) has won a contract from the Equinor-led joint venture developing the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway. The award will see DSIC build two LNG-powered carbon dioxide carriers - the first of their kind and potentially setting a new standard for CO_2 shipping on coastal trading routes - to transport the greenhouse gas from European industrial emitters to a receiving terminal in Oygarden, western Norway. From there, the CO_2 will be transported via pipeline for permanent storage in a geological reservoir 2600 metres below the seabed in the North Sea. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2024 and will each measure 130 metres in length, with a width of 21.2 metres, and come with a cargo size of 7500 cubic metres.