Worley has been awarded a contract by Samsung C&T Corporation to deliver detailed engineering services for the QatarEnergy LNG carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project in Qatar. This project is a key part of QatarEnergy's decarbonisation drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its existing LNG processing facilities at Ras Laffan.

Project Scope and Contract Details

Samsung C&T is the main engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor for the overall CCS project, a contract potentially worth billions of dollars. Worley's role involves providing detailed engineering services to Samsung C&T, building on its prior work delivering the front-end engineering design phase for the project. The engineering work will be executed from Worley's Qatar office, with support from its Global Integrated Delivery centre in India and additional expertise from teams in Australia.

Project Impact and Qatar's CCS Strategy

The landmark CCS project aims to support the permanent storage of approximately 4.3 million tonnes per annum of CO2, playing a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions for a more sustainable regional energy system. This project aligns with QatarEnergy's broader sustainability strategy and the nation's climate action plan. The company has stated that all its LNG expansion projects will deploy CCS technologies, targeting the capture of over 11 million tonnes per annum of CO2 by 2035.

Technical Scope and Existing Initiatives

The project's scope includes significant new infrastructure at the QatarEnergy LNG facilities. In the North, this involves four new electric-driven compressors, a new power substation, dehydration facilities, and other related onshore infrastructure. In the South region, plans include at least two new electric-driven compressors, dehydration and chiller facilities, a new power substation, and other surface facilities. This new project adds to QatarEnergy's existing CCS initiatives, which began with a project launched in 2019 with a capacity of 2 million tonnes per annum. Two other ongoing CCS projects for the North Field East and North Field South expansion projects will capture and store 2.1 million and 1.2 million tonnes per annum of CO2, respectively.