BP投资桑托斯碳捕获和储存项目

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社3月4日报道，桑托斯与英国石油公司签署了一项不具约束力的协议，BP将投资2000万澳元(1320万美元)支持桑托斯在南澳大利亚的Moomba碳捕获与封存(CCS)项目。

桑托斯在声明中表示，这项不具约束力的协议需要最终确定条款，并在2020年底做出最终投资决定。并表示，公司已经进入了Moomba CCS项目的前端工程设计(FEED)阶段。

该项目计划每年在Moomba天然气处理厂捕获从天然气中分离出来的170万吨二氧化碳，并将其重新注入同样的地质构造中，这些地质构造已经安全、永久地保存了数千万年的石油和天然气。该项目还为BP全球业务部门创造了ccs相关知识的共享机会。

这项不具约束力的协议是BP与联合管理局就终止其在大澳大利亚湾联邦水域勘探工作计划达成的良好协议的一部分。

王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

Santos, BP ink Moomba CCS project agreement

Santos has entered a non-binding agreement with BP for an investment of up to A$20 million ($13.2 million) in support of Santos’ Moomba carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South Australia.

This non-binding agreement is subject to finalization of terms and a final investment decision targeted for the end of 2020, Santos said in its statement.

Santos has entered front end engineering design (FEED) for the Moomba CCS project, the company said.

The project proposes to capture the 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide currently separated from natural gas at the Moomba gas processing plant each year and to reinject it into the same geological formations that have safely and permanently held oil and gas in place for tens of millions of years.

Santos managing director and CEO Kevin Gallagher said the non-binding agreement between Santos and BP is a big vote of confidence in Santos’ proposal to capture carbon dioxide from the Moomba plant and safely and permanently store it in geological formations of the Cooper Basin.

It also creates opportunities for CCS-related knowledge sharing from BP’s global operations.

This non-binding agreement between Santos and BP is being made as part of BP’s Good Standing Agreement with the Joint Authority in relation to the cessation of its exploration work program in Commonwealth waters in the Great Australian Bight, adjacent to South Australia.?