Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will study liquefied CO2 transport by vessel off the coast of Kyushu, Japan implemented by ENEOS Corporation, Electric Power Development, and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation and commissioned by Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC).
In particular, MOL will do an initial voyage plan study, figure out how much shipping will cost, and look for risks and problems with using a liquefied CO2 carrier to get CO2 from J-Power’s thermal power plants and ENEOS’s refineries in Western Japan to possible storage sites.
| Emission | ENEOS refineries and J-Power thermal power plants in Western Japan |
| Mode of transport | Vessels and pipelines |
| Potential storage site | Off northern to western Kyushu (offshore saline aquifers) |
| Storage volume | 3 million tons/year |
The conditions for liquefaction are low temperature and low pressure or medium temperature and medium pressure. To remind, MOL recently signed along with other partners a Project Agreement for the LP Technology R&D Project, to research and develop low-pressure and low-temperature solutions for bulk CO2 transport by ships.
With an annual CO2 storage capacity of approximately 3 million tonnes, the offshore northern to western Kyushu CCS project will be the largest among candidate projects in JOGMEC’s advanced CCS programmes.
