Hydrogen Energy will build their third IGCC facility in Abu Dhabi.
From the Hydrogen Energy Website:
Hydrogen gas would be used to fuel gas turbines and generate 420MW of low-carbon electricity. This project alone would provide more than 5% of all Abu Dhabi’s current power generation capacity at a cost equiv
The CO2 would be transported and injected into a producing oil field and used to replace natural gas that is currently being injected into the oil field to maintain pressure. This natural gas could then be used either domestically or for export. This process could be deployed at scale and release a significant amount of additional natural gas for Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates.
The CO2 injected into the oil field could also enable previously unrecoverable oil to be produced. If this technology was widely deployed it could boost Abu Dhabi oil production by some 1-3 billion barrels. As the oil is forced out the CO2 would remain stored securely and permanently beaneath the oil field’s natural impervious seal.
This is an interesting prospect as it will strictly use CO2 injection to replace the natural gas being used in this process.
Hydrogen Energy already has two such projects underway – Carson, California and Kwinana, Australia. This is a big project that should yield some great learnings around this type of system. Mostly the viability for long term CO2 sequestration underground. While CO2 injection is done regularly in the oil industry, none have been integrated into this type of operation.
