Gasunie is an European energy infrastructure company. In the Netherlands and the northern part of Germany, we manage and maintain the infrastructure for large-scale transport and storage of gas. At the moment, this is mainly natural gas, but the energy transition will increasingly bring about a shift towards green gas and hydrogen. We also collaborate in the construction and management of heat and CO2 grids. We ensure that this part of the energy supply is safe, reliable and as sustainable as possible, ensuring that everyone has access to energy, always.
Carbon capture & storage (CCS) is one of the few ways that energy-intensive industries, such as refineries, chemical companies, steel plants, waste-processing companies and cement producers, have to avoid emitting large volumes of CO₂ in the short term and at relatively low cost. This will enable these industries to contribute to realising our climate objectives while continuing to work for our economy. By 2030, with its projects Porthos and Aramis, Gasunie will be operating pipelines that take CO₂ to storage hubs and submarine storage facilities.
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Equinor is a global energy company headquartered in Norway. Its 21,000 employees develop oil, gas, wind and solar energy in more than 30 countries. We have been operating in the UK for over 35 years where we employ over 650 people. Our supplies from Norway meet more than one-quarter of the UK’s demand for natural gas and around one-fifth of oil demand, and both are produced with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry. We also operate two fixed-bottom and one floating wind park in the UK (Sheringham Shoal, Dudgeon, Hywind). We will also operate the largest offshore wind park in development, Doggerbank.
Equinor is already one of the world’s most CO2-efficient producers of oil and gas and we believe there are attractive business opportunities in the transition to a low carbon economy. Equinor’s ambition to reduce net carbon intensity by at least 50% by 2050 takes into account scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, from initial production to final consumption.
We are continuing reducing emissions from our operations and products, focusing on the storage of CO2, decarbonisation of natural gas through hydrogen value chains, low carbon fuel transportation solutions, and electrification of platforms.
Equinor has an ambition to further develop low carbon solutions which includes hydrogen as an energy carrier. We are currently running several hydrogen projects targeting both power, industry and maritime transport.
We have extensive experience and expertise in CCS from Norway where we operate the Sleipner and the Snøhvit field which have stored CO2 since 1996 and 2008, respectively, in excess of 20 million tons of CO2. We are maturing the Northern Lights project, an open access CO2 transport and storage solution based on CO2 transport by ship and we operate the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). In the UK we have been involved in the H21 North of England project and we are for the time being leading the H2H Saltend hydrogen project in Humber and a partner in the Net Zero Teesside project. Other ongoing projects are the H2M-Magnum project in the Netherlands and the H2morrow steel project in Germany.
ECOLOG is a midstream CO₂ and liquid hydrogen services company committed to achieving net zero emissions and addressing climate change. The company focuses on developing, constructing, owning, and operating essential midstream infrastructure, including ships and terminals, to support the carbon capture, utilisation, and sequestration and liquid hydrogen supply chains.
Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Sequestration (CCUS):
ECOLOG is creating large-scale service platforms to transport CO₂ using maritime infrastructure. The company is developing CO2 liquefaction and export terminals in multiple locations around the globe and developing its own design of LCO2 vessels in various sizes collaborating with notable shipyards, design houses and classification societies. These infrastructure allows emitters to have access to a network of storage locations and provide options to achieve the most economical CCUS solutions.
Liquid Hydrogen (LH₂):
ECOLOG is developing liquid hydrogen vessels, storage terminals, regasification, and transshipment facilities to provide a safe and cost-effective supply chain for the global distribution of hydrogen. Leveraging over 50 years of experience in transporting liquefied natural gas, ECOLOG applies this expertise to hydrogen transportation, utilizing similar supply chain components.
Strategic Alliances:
ECOLOG collaborates closely with local strategic partners to deliver the most efficient CCUS and liquid hydrogen services to emitters and offtakers.
ABP is the UK’s leading ports operator, with 21 ports around Britain, handling around one quarter of the UK’s seaborne trade. We see ports as playing a crucial role in future carbon transport supply chains. ABP is an active member of industrial clusters in the Humber and South Wales; Zero Carbon Humber and the South Wales Industrial Cluster respectively. These collaborations seek to support the decarbonisation of industry and power generation through deployment of carbon capture and low carbon hydrogen production.
Port infrastructure can play a crucial role in the supply chains that develop from these clusters and other projects. The transport and shipping of CO2 via ABP’s ports can contribute significantly to the evolution of an industry. We are actively exploring feasibility studies in relation to the transit and storage of CO2 via ports.