Pipeline route survey for Malaysian carbon capture and storage scheme to start in April
Malaysian energy giant Petronas is preparing to imminently start the route survey for the proposed offshore pipeline for its Duyong carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Malaysia.
Petronas Carbon Captured Storage Solution (PCCSS) is scheduled to conduct the pipeline site survey from 15 April to 30 June, according to a notice from Malaysia’s Marine Department. PCCSS has chartered the Malaysia-flagged vessel MYY Camellia for the job.
The proposed Duyong project envisages carbon dioxide captured onshore being sent via pipeline for injection at the mature field offshore Peninsular Malaysia.
Petronas and project partners French supermajor TotalEnergies and Mitsui of Japan in June 2023 signed a deal to develop a carbon storage project in Southeast Asia.
The partners set out evaluate several potential CO2 storage sites in the Malay basin, including depleted offshore fields and saline aquifers. The trio aims to develop a CO2 merchant storage service to decarbonise industrial customers in Asia.
Petronas earlier this year performed seabed soil investigations for the Duyong CCS project offshore Terengganu, with this workscope carried out by the Malaysia-flagged anchor-handling tug supply vessel Keyfields Helm.
The Malaysian company has a separate oint Study and Development Agreement (JSDA) with United Arab Emirates’ national oil company Adnoc and UK independent developer of CCS and hydrogen projects Storegga to evaluate the CO2 storage capabilities of saline aquifers in the Penyu basin and the construction of CCS facilities at Kuantan port in Malaysia.
This JSDA is targeting at least 5 million tonnes per annum of CCS capacity by 2030, and its scope includes a CO2 shipping and logistics study, geophysical and geomechanical modelling, reservoir simulation and containment research while exploring the application of advanced technologies such as AI to enhance storage capacity.
Malaysia’s geological abundance of deep saline aquifers should allow for the development of large-scale, permanent CO2 storage solutions and the JSDA will significantly accelerate regional CCS deployment, while strengthening collaboration between the strategic partners.
The success of this initiative will lay the foundations for a regional CCS hub serving both domestic and international emitters, Petronas earlier said.
Corrected to confirm that the proposed Duyong project partners are TotalEnergies and Mitsui.
