bp has let a contract to Saipem for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the East Coast Cluster (ECC) in the United Kingdom.
Saipem will develop offshore infrastructure for transportation and storage of CO2. The scope of work encompasses engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of 143 km of 28-in. offshore pipeline with associated landfalls and onshore outlet infrastructure for the NEP project, and the EPCI of the water outfall for the NZT project.
The offshore installation of the pipeline will be performed by Saipem’s vessel Castorone, and the nearshore operations will be performed by the Saipem’s shallow water pipelay Castoro 10.
The first project has been awarded by NEP entity Net Zero North Sea Storage Ltd., an incorporated joint venture comprised of bp (operator), Equinor, and Total Energies. The second project has been awarded by Net Zero Teesside Power Ltd., an incorporated joint venture between bp (operator) and Equinor.
ECC could transport and store up to 4 million tonnes/year (tpy) of captured CO2 emissions initially, rising to an average of up to 23 million tpy by 2035. NZT Power will be a gas-fired power plant with carbon capture which can generate up to 742 Mw of power. It will have a capacity to capture up to 2 million tpy of CO2 for transport and secure storage by the NEP project (OGJ Online, Dec. 11, 2024).
The overall value of the two projects is about €650 million, with a duration of 30 months.
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).
