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Creating CCS value chains

Designing the value chain for direct injection from ship

Like with any other new technologies, one of the key factors for a successful roll out of direct injection of CO2 from ships is to find an applicability sweet spot.

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  • What are the optimal CO2 volumes on both emitter and storage site?

  • Sailing distance to offshore storage fields?

  • Storage size and reservoir characteristics? Ship capacity?

  • How to create an optimal value chain?

  • How to best utilize the “inbuilt” intermittency of the process?

  • What are the technical, regulatory and contractual necessities and peculiarities for direct CO2 injection from the ship?

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Cocept of direct ship injection as presented by NEMO Maritime

While these questions will be answered through the duration of the project, here we start tackling them by investigating the set of criteria under which direct injection from ship can contribute to the CCS value chain. This will be partly achieved by building and improving the screening approach developed in previous projects and scenario development tools created in Strategy CCUS project and the CO2LOS tool.

Creating regional scenarios 

Map of covered scenarios in the in the North Sea, Black Sea,

Baltic Sea and Atlantic coast of Portugal

Data сollection and utilizing existing data

Gather data on capture, utilization, and storage facilities for each region using Scenario tool presented above. Key data includes industrial emitters, CO2 tons emitted, maximum existing bankable storage capacities and their characteristics, existing or planned CO2 transport infrastructures from emitters to storages, and navigational constraints. When possible, data already collected in previous or ongoing projects (CCUS ZEN, StrategyCCUS, PilotStrategy) will be used. Additional data needed, for example, well and ship designs will be collected as well. CO2 emissions data will be verified and the last available in EU ETS data will be collected. Plans for CO2 utilization, where available, will also be collected to be represented in scenario development exercises.​

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Regulatory analysis

Analyze regulatory regimes for offshore CO2 storage, including EU CCS Directive, London Protocol (Article 6 amendment), OSPAR, and the Helsinki Convention (HELCOM). Gaps in regulations will be identified and recommendations will be made for all studied regions.​

Scenario development

Partners in each region will develop specific scenarios focusing on transport routes for varying CO2 capture levels. The implemented scenarios will focus on the transport and storage components that allow for comparison of the options with and without direct injection from ship. The key element of this task is to create scenarios with direct injection from the ship, with the aim of reducing costs, amounts of infrastructure needed and avoidance of conflict of interests with existing industry.

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