The state-owned Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. (Masdar) company of the UAE is developing a CCS project, wherein it will initially capture around 6.5 million tons of CO2 from power plants and industrial facilities in Abu Dhabi by 2013, transport and inject the CO2 into oil reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Hydrogen Energy, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BP, is collaborating with Masdar to develop the project.
The CO2 is to come from a gas-fired power plant and an aluminum smelter, both located in Taweelah and a steel mill located at Mussafah. The injected CO2 is expected to boost crude production up to 10%.
The invitation to bidders for the four engineering procurement and construction packages is expected to be issued. Construction is expected in late-2010.
The original plans announced in January 2008 called for up to 15 carbon projects to capture as much as 20 million tons a year of CO2 by 2020 in a program budgeted at U.S. $15 billion. The thought was that the CO2 could be used for EOR and replacing the natural gas that is used to flush the fields now.
The plan, when fully realized, has the potential to cut the CO2 emissions from the UAE in half over the next 13 years.
This project is being done along side the Masdar City development.
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The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company has reportedly compiled a list of firms it expects to seek bids from and expects to issue a tender for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in the Q3 of 2010. International engineering companies submitted pre-qualification applications in early May, 2010.
