Aker Solutions has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study contract with Norwegian state enterprise Gassnova to identify a process for subsea storage of carbon dioxide. The FEED study, worth about NOK12 million, will evaluate and develop a subsea system for injection of carbon dioxide into the seabed.
"To play an active role in developing something as technologically challenging and environmentally significant as subsea CO2 storage means a lot to us. We are very pleased to work with Gassnova on this groundbreaking project," says Mads Andersen, executive vice president, Aker Solutions.
"This contract further underlines the unique competence and capabilities that Aker Solutions and other Aker companies possess when it comes to CO2 handling and storage technologies. It might be a relatively small market now, but this technology has great future potential," adds Andersen.
This news follows Friday’s announcement that Aker Clean Carbon, with Aker Solutions as commercial partner, has been awarded a contract from Gassnova to build the European CO2 Test Centre Mongstad,