Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. took final investment decision (FID) to develop the 3.3-million tonne/year carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at 3.2-tcf Kasawari sour gas field in Block SK316 offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.
The project, about 200 km off Bintulu, will capture and process CO2 from the field for injection into a depleted gas field.
FID was approved Oct. 20, 2022, followed by the award of the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd Nov. 3, 2022.
Earlier this year, Petronas awarded a consortium led by National Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC), Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of National Marine Dredging Co., a front-end engineering and design contract for the project. Technip Energies is also part of the consortium (OGJ Online, Apr. 18, 2022). At the time, Petronas said it expects the CCS project to start operations in 2025.
Petronas has set a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
