Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) and German chemical company Linde’s Singaporean division have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaboratively explore the feasibility and development of a CO2 liquefaction and storage facility, located adjacent to the SLNG terminal on Jurong Island in Singapore
The project concept involves using residual cooling, or ’cold energy’ from SLNG’s terminal operations to liquefy CO2.
Liquefied CO2 will be stored in tanks onsite before it is eventually transported for end use. If feasible, the facility will become the first of its kind in Singapore and the wider region.
“This project allows us to realise SLNG’s cold energy recovery objectives with a two-fold benefit – cold energy recovery with high efficiency, as well as effective liquefaction and storage to reduce CO₂ emissions. We are delighted to be able to collaborate with strong and like-minded partners on this important project to help counter climate change, and create a more sustainable future for Singapore,” SLNG’s CEO Tan Soo Koong said, noting “energy security has been and continues to be of utmost importance to SLNG.”
Initially, the project will target liquefying, storing and transporting CO₂ for the project partners, but could potentially be scaled up in the future to handle CO2 from more sources, with an open-access, multi-user concept.
Linde’s Asia Pacific Head of Clean Hydrogen and Decarbonisation, Qian Wen Bin, said “Linde has been innovating technologies for carbon management for decades. We believe that the application of Linde’s knowledge and experience in carbon capture, liquefaction, and storage together with SLNG’s cold energy capability will be a key enabler for Singapore’s decarbonisation plans.”
SLNG owns and operates Singapore’s first open-access, multi-user LNG terminal with a primary mandate of providing throughput (send-out) services for the domestic market.
Beyond this, the utility also offers a wide range of LNG-related services such as vessel gassing-up & cool-down, storage & reload (including for small-scale LNG), LNG transhipment and truck loading.
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