Duo team up for Western Australia CCS project

摘要

AUSTRALIAN independent Pilot Energy is teaming up with KC8 Capture Technologies to collaborate on carbon capture and storage (CCS) from key emitters in the region near the Cliff Head CCS project offshore Western Australia. The aim is to target Mid West industrial emitters in the state, thereby expanding the potential customer base for the Cliff Head project. This project involves the conversion of the operating Cliff Head offshore oilfield to enable permanent carbon dioxide storage and low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production. Pilot and KC8 have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate - a deal that Cliff Head operator Pilot said complements its arrangements with other carbon capture technologies. The companies will initially target the decarbonisation of about 1 million tonnes per annum of CO_2 emissions associated with existing and proposed Mid West WA projects. KC8's technology, which has been developed over 15 years, is a solvent-based carbon capture process targeting the capture of up to 95% of CO_2 emissions in post-combustion flue gases. Cliff Head CCS involves the conversion of the operating Cliff Head offshore oilfield into a permanent CO_2 storage operation capable of storing more than 1 million tpa of CO_2 on a continuous basis through to 2050, with over 50 million tonnes of potential total storage capacity. Pilot's Cliff Head storage project is an integral component of its Mid West Clean Energy Project (MWCEP).