Antwerp@C

Antwerp@C investigates the technical and economic feasibility of building CO2 infrastructure so as to halve the CO2 emissions in the Port of Antwerp by 2030. Antwerp@C is currently carrying out a feasibility study and a Final Investment Decision for the first phase of the project is expected by the end of 2022.
Project type:CaptureTransport Participants:Air Liquide BASF Borealis ExxonMobil INEOS Fluxys Port of Antwerp TotalEnergies Country:Belgium Type of capture:Cluster (multiple industrial sources) IOGP members involved: ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies Planned start of operation: CO2 capacity at start date: 0 CO2 capacity after completion: 9 Status: Early Development Type of storage: N/A Funding and support scheme: National funding Info related to the funding and support scheme: These studies are partly funded by means of a Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grant (EUR 9M) which was awarded in October 2020, by subsidies from the Flemish government for the feasibility study and by contributions from all consortium participants. Notes: Antwerp@C is currently carrying out a feasibility study with the support of the Flemish Agency for Innovation & Enterprise (Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen, or VLAIO). This will investigate the possibility of building a central "backbone" in the form of a pipeline along the industrial zones on both the Right and Left banks of the Scheldt, along with various shared processing units, a shared CO2 liquefaction unit, interim storage facilities and cross-border transport of CO2, both by ship and by pipeline. Since Belgium does not have suitable geological strata, international collaboration will be necessary to transport the CO2 across borders and store it permanently in e.g. depleted offshore gas fields. For this purpose Antwerp@C is investigating the possibilities of transport to Rotterdam by pipeline or by ship to Norway. Links: https://www.borealisgroup.com/https://safety4sea.com/project-makes-next-step-to-halve-co2-footprint-at-port-of-antwerp/https://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/project-info/2304