Aker
Solutions has been awarded a contract by Equinor to carry out a feasibility
study for its Mongstad Industrial Transformation project in Vestland county on
the west coast of Norway.
The study aims
to identify solutions to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from the existing
refinery and transform the site into a new low-carbon industry cluster whilst
demonstrating safe, technical, and economically feasible solutions.
The scope
includes a new greenfield facility which will be developed to produce blue
hydrogen from natural and refinery fuel gas, along with a carbon capture and
export solution. It also covers a new facility to produce sustainable aviation
fuel (SAF) from municipal solid waste with more than 70 % reduced emissions.
Aker
Solutions’ consultancy will deliver a feasibility study for both new and
existing facilities, integrating brownfield, greenfield and third-party
technologies to examine options for future operations. Consultants and
engineers from Aker Solutions’ Oslo, Bergen and Mumbai operations are involved,
delivering expertise in onshore and downstream project execution, gasification,
CO2 storage, brownfield, and integration.
“We are excited to support Equinor on this truly transformational study,
maximizing industrial synergies to produce low-carbon solutions and sustainable
fuels at a time when decarbonization is very high on the agenda,” said Roddy
Macpherson, senior vice president, consultancy at Aker Solutions.
“For decades,
we have worked with customers and partners to minimize commercial uncertainty
and enable informed decision-making for first-of-a-kind projects across the
globe. Building on our strong engineering and construction expertise, and our
understanding of the evolving energy system and landscape, we aim to drive
change at pace for our customers. The Mongstad study will help to further
accelerate Norway’s energy transition, transforming the country’s only
remaining oil and gas refinery to create energy sources of the future.”
Mongstad is a
medium sized refinery in Europe, emitting around 1.7 million tons of CO2
emissions annually. Equinor aims to significantly reduce emissions the Mongstad
refinery.
Study work is
ongoing.