AUSTRALIA'S Santos is progressing ambitious plans for what it is hailing as the world's largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project - a 10 million tonnes per annum development at its soon-to-be depleted Bayu-Undan gas condensate field in the Timor Sea. Front-end engineering and design work on Bayu-Undan CCS started earlier this year. The project envisages utilising existing infrastructure, once production from the field ceases. After production stops, the initial step would be to make the facility safe and clear of hydrocarbons through a "suspension of operations" phase. Once safe, removal of facilities such as the floating storage and offloading vessel and associated in-field infrastructure can occur. "Decommissioning the FSO will create significant opportunities for the local community," Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher told the Timor-Leste Energy & Mining Summit on Tuesday. "We will have a focus on local content during this phase, particularly for the cleaning prior to disposal of equipment.
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