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Mustang Engineering secures design contract for Masdar
Projects / Policy, Nov 19 2008 (Carbon Capture Journal)
- Mustang Engineering, based in Houston and a subsidiary of international energy services company John Wood Group, has been selected to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for Masdar’s CCS project in the United Arab Emirates.
The project constitutes the first phase in a series of facilities capturing carbon dioxide emissions from Abu Dhabi’s industrial and power generation plants.
The CO2 will be transported in a pipeline network and injected in Abu Dhabi’s oil reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery. The objective of the CCS network is to reduce Abu Dhabi’s carbon footprint and replace the vast amount of natural gas currently re-injected into oil reservoirs.
In the first phase ending in 2013, around 5 million tons of CO2 per year will be captured from three emission sources: a gas-fired power plant, an aluminium smelter and a steel mill.
“This project marks a major milestone in our leadership’s vision to provide clean energy, reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable development,” said Masdar CEO Dr. Sultan Al Jaber.
The FEED follows a successful eight-month feasibility study conducted by Masdar in 2007 to investigate CO2 emission sources in Abu Dhabi and evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of CO2 capture and transportation to oil reservoirs.
J P Kenny, also a Wood Group company and operating from their Abu Dhabi office, will be responsible for FEED services for the CO2 pipeline network that will connect the capture sites in Abu Dhabi to the oilfield injection sites. This work is scheduled for completion in the 4th quarter 2009.
