ไดอะแฟรม ซีล Svanehøj has been awarded a contract to provide pump methods for two LNG fuelled carriers that can transport liquid CO2 to the Northern Lights project’s storage amenities in Norway.
2021 has been a record year for Svanehøj.
Northern Lights is growing infrastructure to transport CO2 from industrial emitters in Norway and other European nations by ship to a receiving terminal in western Norway for intermediate storage, before being transported by pipeline for everlasting storage in a geological reservoir 2,600 m beneath the seabed.
The two CO2 carriers are being constructed at Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC) in China and are expected to be operational in 2024. Both vessels could have a capability of seven,500 m3 of liquid CO2. Svanehøj will ship two 15 m deepwell cargo pumps of for every ship. In diaphragm seal , Svanehøj’s multigas know-how shall be shown to its full potential, because the buyer wants the pumps to also be used to dealing with LPG natural gasoline. Over the years, Svanehøj has supplied cargo pump systems to greater than 1,one hundred LPG tankers all over the world.
“We have gained the order through our long-standing partner, TGE Marine, which designs and delivers full cargo handling techniques for the CO2 carriers,” mentioned Thomas Uhrenholt Nielsen, sales director, Cargo Gas at Svanehøj. “TGE has chosen our deepwell cargo gas pumps, which they’re very acquainted with from numerous LPG tankers.”
Svanehøj has been supplying cargo pump systems for CO2 carriers because the late 1990s.
“Thanks to our expertise from the comparatively few CO2 ships built thus far, we’re a part of the dialogue on several of the upcoming CCS (carbon seize & Storage) tasks. CCS is a spotlight space in our business technique, and the order from TGE for Northern Lights is therefore of nice strategic importance. This might be an enormous marketplace for us inside the subsequent few years,” addedsaid Uhrenholt Nielsen.
Svanehøj began 2022 with a new “Powering a better future” strategy and a target of doubling its turnover to DKK1 billion (approximately US$143 million) by the tip of 2026. The strategy is primarily focused on supporting the transition to climate-neutral delivery, but additionally on investing in new business areas, including CCS.
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