Rotterdam CCS project signs up four major users
Porthos cluster project nearing FID as Shell, ExxonMobil, Air Liquide and Air Products sign final contracts
Rotterdam carbon capture and storage (CCS) project Porthos has reached a key milestone with the signing of final contracts with Shell, ExxonMobil and industrial gases firms Air Liquide and Air Products for the transport and storage of a combined 2.5mn t/yr of CO₂, potentially from 2024. FID on the project is expected in spring 2022, pending government approvals, according to Porthos, a joint venture between Dutch gas company Energie Beheer Nederland, Dutch gas transmission system operator Gasunie and the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Construction of the Porthos cluster system—which consists of onshore and offshore pipelines, a compressor station and modification of an offshore platform—is exp
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