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STATE GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ( WA ) UNVEILS CCUS ACTION PLAN
The Western Australian Government has unveiled the state ’ s first carbon capture , utilisation and storage ( CCUS ) Action Plan while announcing $ 26 million towards two CCUS projects . Western Australia has a number of CCUS projects proposed for development over the next decade , with an initial combined capacity to store over 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year — around a quarter of WA ’ s current scope one emissions . The Action Plan aims to enhance policy certainty , attract further investment into the State , and accelerate the deployment of proven technology and infrastructure – leveraging WA ’ s existing infrastructure , highly skilled workforce and suitable geological formations . It also supports the development of new and emerging CCUS technology . To support the plan , the WA Government has announced a $ 26 million funding boost through the Investment Attraction Fund towards two CCUS projects . A $ 15 million grant will support AGIG ( Australian Gas Infrastructure Group ) to develop an onshore transmission pipeline for an offshore multi-user CCS hub in the Pilbara . The project will help transport carbon dioxide from facilities on the Burrup into depleted gas fields , sequestering up to five million tonnes of carbon dioxide in its first phases . Another $ 11 million grant will support Mitsui E & P Australia and Wesfarmers Chemicals , Energy & Fertilisers develop the Cygnus CCS Hub in the Mid West , proposed to initially store around 530 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide per annum from the Waitsia Gas Plant and Wesfarmers Chemicals , Energy & Fertilisers ’ CSBP ammonia plant in Kwinana in a depleted gas reservoir .
BP ’ S TANGGUH UBADARI LNG PLANT , PAPUA BARAT PROVINCE , INDONESIA
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL FROM ZERO-CARBON CEMENT , CEMEX , RÜDERSDORF , GERMANY
The Mexican multinational company CEMEX , which specializes in the production of building materials , announced that it will join a consortium of two other companies to work on the production of sustainable aviation fuel ( SAF ) from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide . The initiative is part of the efforts to make its facility in Rüdersdorf , Germany , the first zero-carbon cement plant , the company said . The other two companies involved are South African Sasol and German ENERTRAG . Sasol produces sustainable fuels and chemicals derived from green hydrogen and sustainable carbon through the Power-to- Liquids ( PtL ) process . ENERTRAG specializes in the manufacture of energy from green hydrogen from renewable sources . The joint project aims to produce SAF from the combination of both elements . ENERTRAG will provide green hydrogen produced from wind and solar energy . Carbon dioxide will be captured at CEMEX ’ s Rüdersdorf plant . The company expects to provide up to 100 tons of the gas per day in the initial phases . Sasol will provide its innovative technology to obtain an e-kerosene that , once certified , can be blended with traditional fuel to reduce the environmental impact of operations . The production and supply of sustainable fuels for the aviation sector is still incipient compared to current needs . However , the industry is working to increase its availability and reduce its costs . Alternative power sources are the most viable option for reducing emissions in the industry in the short term . 6
A consortium between Saipem SpA and a local Indonesian partner has won an offshore engineering , procurement , construction and installation ( EPCI ) contract for the BP PLC-led Tangguh Ubadari , CCUS , Compression ( UCC ) Project in Indonesia . The EPCI contract awarded to Saipem and Jakarta-based PT Meindo Elang Indah amounts to about $ 1.2 billion . Saipem ’ s share is around $ 1 billion , the Italian offshore driller said in a press release . Tangguh CCUS aims to be the first CCUS project developed at scale in Indonesia , with potential for sequestering around 15 million tonnes of CO2 from Tangguh ’ s emissions in its initial phase . The UCC project has been designated as a national strategic project by the Government of Indonesia and represents the continued development of Tangguh , following the addition of the third LNG train which began operation in 2023 and brought total plant liquefaction capacity to11.4 million tonnes per year . Tangguh LNG EGR / CCUS itself will have 3 injection wells ,
1 offshore injection platform , 1 offshore CO 2 pipeline , and onshore facilities for CO 2 removal , processing , and compression . 3
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1 . https :// www . woodmac . com / blogs / the-edge / ccus-breakthrough-year /
2 . https :// www . capito . senate . gov / news / press-releases / capito-announces-west-virginias-approvalto-permit-class-vi-well-carbon-capture-projects
3 . https :// indonesiabusinesspost . com / insider / acceleration-of-ccs-ccus-implementation-supportsnze-target-2060 /
4 . https :// totalenergies . com / company / projects / carbon-capture-and-storage / northern-lights-firstmajor-carbon-capture-and-storage
5 . https :// esdnews . com . au / western-australia-unveils-ccus-action-plan /
6 . https :// www . cemex . com / w / eu-backs-pioneering-co2-capture-project-at-cemexs-rudersdorfcement-plant
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