The world's first offshore floating production and storage vessel equipped with carbon capture and storage equipment is completed

Recently, at the Shanghai COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Terminal on Changxing Island, Shanghai,The world's first offshore floating production and storage vessel equipped with carbon capture and storage equipment has been built and is scheduled to be delivered at the end of this month.The ship is 333 meters long and 60 meters wide, with a daily crude oil production of 120,000 barrels.

What is unique about it is that it can not only capture carbon dioxide generated during navigation and production, but also use waste gas thermal energy to generate electricity, taking into account both environmental protection and energy conservation.

There is a high tower on this ship, which is actually a collection and scrubbing tower for carbon capture.

It brings the exhaust gas to the scrubber through a fan, which contains adsorbents that capture the hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas. The exhaust gas that is then discharged is exhaust gas with relatively low carbon emissions.

According to reports,Offshore oil and gas operations produce large amounts of carbon dioxide every year.Statistics show that in 2023, global offshore oil and gas production and processing operations will emit a total of approximately 38 million tons of carbon dioxide. If no control measures are taken, this number will increase to nearly 50 million tons by 2030.

Carbon capture and storage equipment provides greater possibilities for reducing emissions from offshore oil and gas production and processing operations, and also provides new solutions for the global carbon peak carbon neutrality goal.