據(jù)路透社3月4日?qǐng)?bào)道，桑托斯與英國(guó)石油公司簽署了一項(xiàng)不具約束力的協(xié)議，BP將投資2000萬(wàn)澳元(1320萬(wàn)美元)支持桑托斯在南澳大利亞的Moomba碳捕獲與封存(CCS)項(xiàng)目。

 

桑托斯在聲明中表示，這項(xiàng)不具約束力的協(xié)議需要最終確定條款，并在2020年底做出最終投資決定。并表示，公司已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了Moomba CCS項(xiàng)目的前端工程設(shè)計(jì)(FEED)階段。

 

該項(xiàng)目計(jì)劃每年在Moomba天然氣處理廠捕獲從天然氣中分離出來(lái)的170萬(wàn)噸二氧化碳，并將其重新注入同樣的地質(zhì)構(gòu)造中，這些地質(zhì)構(gòu)造已經(jīng)安全、永久地保存了數(shù)千萬(wàn)年的石油和天然氣。該項(xiàng)目還為BP全球業(yè)務(wù)部門創(chuàng)造了ccs相關(guān)知識(shí)的共享機(jī)會(huì)。

 

這項(xiàng)不具約束力的協(xié)議是BP與聯(lián)合管理局就終止其在大澳大利亞灣聯(lián)邦水域勘探工作計(jì)劃達(dá)成的良好協(xié)議的一部分。

 

王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社

 

Santos, BP ink Moomba CCS project agreement

 

Santos has entered a non-binding agreement with BP for an investment of up to A$20 million ($13.2 million) in support of Santos’ Moomba carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South Australia.

 

This non-binding agreement is subject to finalization of terms and a final investment decision targeted for the end of 2020, Santos said in its statement.

 

Santos has entered front end engineering design (FEED) for the Moomba CCS project, the company said.

 

 

The project proposes to capture the 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide currently separated from natural gas at the Moomba gas processing plant each year and to reinject it into the same geological formations that have safely and permanently held oil and gas in place for tens of millions of years.

 

Santos managing director and CEO Kevin Gallagher said the non-binding agreement between Santos and BP is a big vote of confidence in Santos’ proposal to capture carbon dioxide from the Moomba plant and safely and permanently store it in geological formations of the Cooper Basin.

 

It also creates opportunities for CCS-related knowledge sharing from BP’s global operations.

 

This non-binding agreement between Santos and BP is being made as part of BP’s Good Standing Agreement with the Joint Authority in relation to the cessation of its exploration work program in Commonwealth waters in the Great Australian Bight, adjacent to South Australia.?