埃克森美孚在澳大利亚研究碳捕获项目

据安迅思能源4月15日消息称，据路透社报道，埃克森美孚公司周四表示，已经开始为其位于澳大利亚东南部的碳捕获存储(CCS)中心进行设计研究，该中心类似于其在得克萨斯州休斯敦的项目，旨在减少吉普斯兰盆地工业的排放。

 

这家美国能源巨头表示，CCS中心将利用现有的基础设施，在维多利亚州吉普斯兰(Gippsland)沿海枯竭的布里姆(Bream)油田储存二氧化碳。

 

CCS将排放的碳捕获并埋在地下，但目前尚未进入商业化阶段。

 

埃克森美孚表示，它正在与当地排放密集的行业进行谈判，这些行业可能有兴趣利用该中心减少其运营中的温室气体排放。

 

这家美国最大的石油生产商还计划在附近的Baytown炼油厂建设一座制氢工厂和一个CCS项目，以在盈利的同时减少碳足迹。

 

埃克森美孚表示，该澳大利亚项目的碳捕获基础设施将具备每年储存多达200万吨二氧化碳的能力，如果技术和商业可行性得到确认，将于2025年投入运营。

 

曹海斌 摘译自 安迅思能源

 

原文如下：

 

Exxon studies carbon capture project in Australia

 

ExxonMobil Corp said on Thursday it has begun design studies for its carbon capture storage (CCS) hub in southeast Australia, similar to its project in Houston, Texas, to reduce emissions from industries in the Gippsland Basin, reported Reuters.

 

The CCS hub would use existing infrastructure to store carbon dioxide in the depleted Bream field off the coast of Gippsland in the state of Victoria, the US energy major said.

 

CCS traps emissions and buries them underground but is not at the commercialisation stage yet.

 

Exxon said it is in discussions with local emissions-intensive industries which may be interested in availing the hub to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations.

 

The largest US oil producer is also planning on a hydrogen production plant and a CCS project at its Baytown refinery near Houston, Texas, in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint while earning a profit.

 

The carbon capture infrastructure for the Australian project would have the capacity to store up to two million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year and could be operational by 2025 if technical and business feasibility is confirmed, Exxon said.