CARBON CAPTURE UTILISATION AND STORAGE (CCUS)

Bureau Veritas has a team of low carbon energy specialists, working with businesses on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) projects. Our team of experts looks after all renewable technologies to reduce risk, maintain compliance and ensure the feasibility of projects.

WHAT IS CCUS?

CCUS stands for Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage and refers to the capture of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from industrial facilities and transport either by pipeline or ship for utilisation or safe and permanent underground storage. Processes can include power generation, iron and steel, fertiliser, cement, chemicals and refining. This CCUS method prevents the captured CO₂ from entering the atmosphere and will help support ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Each CCUS project consists of three stages:

• CAPTURE
  First, the CO₂ is captured at the emitting source and removed. There are three types of capture: post‐combustion, pre‐combustion and oxyfuel combustion; these methods can capture more than 95% of CO₂.
• TRANSPORT
  The CO₂ is then compressed and transported to a suitable storage site or utilisation plant. Transport is generally carried out via pipelines and per ship.
• UTILISATION/STORAGE
  The CO₂ is either utilised as part of a product or injected into a suitable storage site deep under the seabed (between 0.8 – 3km down). The storage site is a carefully selected geological formation that ensures safe and permanent storage. Storage can either take place in depleted oil & gas fields or in deep saline formations.

For more general information on CCUS and its regulatory, technical and commercial context we recommend you to read our CCUS Whitepaper.

Our CCUS related service portfolio includes a broad range of services and subsequent applications, including:

• OFFSHORE PIPELINES
  Services aiming at enabling CO₂ transportation via robust and reliable pipelines:
  
  - certification of pipeline manufacturing
  - monitoring of welding processes, welders and non-destructive testing
  - supervision positioning, installation and commissioning of pipelines, both onshore and offshore
  - independent witnessing of various tests, including commissioning or re-use of existing natural gas pipelines
• CO₂ PRESSURE EQUIPMENT
  Services aiming at safety of CO₂ pressure equipment (the Dutch branch of Bureau Veritas has been appointed as European conformity assessment body for the EU Directive 2014/68/EU (PED) and as Dutch conformity body for the Dutch national WBDA legislation):
  - inspection of CO₂ pressure equipment
  - certification of CO₂ pressure equipment (for instance CO₂ compressors or purification equipment)
• CO₂ JETTIES
  Services aiming at safe CO₂ transportation and loading and unloading:
  - inspection of jetties and installations for loading and unloading of CO₂ cargo
• OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS FOR CO₂ STORAGE
  Services aiming at safe and compliant operation of offshore installations for CO₂ storage:
  - certification of CO₂ offshore installations for CO₂ storage
  - re-certification of existing oil and gas platforms or platform parts such as the jacket structure or monopile in view of re-use for CO₂ transportation (optional: in combination with verification of oil and gas production)
• LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
  Services aiming at assessment of the entire supply chain:
  - life cycle assessment of the entire supply chain in view of CO₂ emissions