Liverpool Bay CCS Limited (LBCCS), a subsidiary of Italian oil and gas company Eni, has named United Living Energy as one of the primary contractors to deliver its CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure. The project is worth approximately 拢250m over a three-year period.
Last week Eni announced that it had reached financial close with Ed Miliband鈥檚 Department of Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) for the Liverpool Bay CCS project, where Eni is the operator of the CO2 transport and storage system of the HyNet industrial Cluster.
This facility will be instrumental in enabling the HyNet CO鈧� pipeline, which aims to unlock a low carbon economy for the northwest of England and north Wales. The pipeline will be the first step in unlocking the benefits and ambitions of the wider HyNet North West project.
The HyNet CO鈧� pipeline will take CO2 captured by industrial emitters across the region, including cement producer Heidelberg, and transport it through new and repurposed infrastructure to permanent storage in depleted natural gas reservoirs under the seabed in Liverpool Bay.
United Living has been chosen by LBCCS to work on the pipeline as part of an engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) project. The pipeline will start in Ince, Cheshire, and ULIS will cover more than 34 km of new pipeline, in conjunction with 24 km of existing pipeline, which will finish in Point of Ayr, North Wales.
The transportation and storage infrastructure is designed to have the capacity to transport 4.5 million tonnes of CO鈧� per year in the first phase, with the potential to increase to up to 10 million tonnes of CO鈧� per year in the 2030s.
Neil Armstrong, chairman and chief executive of United Living Group, said: 鈥淲e are incredibly excited about the potential of this CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure project and the positive impact it will have on CO鈧� emission reduction. We are acutely aware of the pressing need to transition to a lower-carbon future and see CCS as a crucial element to the UK achieving its net-zero target.
"This project will also deliver huge benefits to the northwest region, bringing major investment in local skills development, employment opportunities, and strong growth prospects for local businesses."
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