Breeze Ship Design will build ammonia-dual fuel CO2 carrier for Equinor

Norwegian naval architect Breeze Ship Design will design a vessel that can carry 40,000 mt of captured CO2 and store it offshore using a "direct offshore injection" method.

PHOTO: 3D illustration of ammonia dual-fuel CO2 carrier for Equinor. Breeze Ship Design

Norwegian oil major Equinor will capture CO2 from industrial sites and ships.

The CO2 will then be loaded onto and stored on a dedicated CO2 carrier vessel. The vessel will sail out to deep sea reservoirs and inject the CO2 directly into these, which are suitable for permanent storage under high pressure.

Breeze Ship Design aims to inject CO2 offshore with minimal emissions. The firm is also involved in several other low-emission ship design projects, which involve dual-fuel combustion engines and fuel cell technologies that run on ammonia, hydrogen, methanol or biofuels, says the company.

Elisabeth Birkeland, executive director of Equinor, is optimistic about the direct injection concept as a means of implementing ship-based CO2 transport and storage.

By Konica Bhatt

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