European contractor lands prized engineering deal for major Petronas project

Italy’s Rina has won a pre-front-end engineering and design contract from Petronas for work on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Malaysia.

The pre-FEED contract covers the Northern hub in Kerteh and the Southern hub in Kuantan, with Rina responsible for three workscopes, the Italian contractor said in a statement on Wednesday.

The workscopes include the Northern hub onshore terminal, jetty, and pipeline; the Southern hub onshore terminal; and the offshore pipeline and platform, the company added.

“These facilities will be crucial in capturing carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources and securely storing them in offshore geological formations,” Rina noted.

The workscopes aim to develop detailed plans for infrastructure needed to manage the CCS process, including from the capture of carbon dioxide at industrial sites to its transportation via pipelines and subsequent storage in depleted offshore reservoirs.

“For Rina, this project extends its capabilities in carbon management and highlights its role as a key player in the energy transition,” the company stated.

The pre-FEED study is expected to be completed by the end of 2024, Rina said.

The CCS project is expected to capture millions of tonnes of CO₂ each year, reducing the environmental impact of key industrial sectors.

The captured CO₂ will be permanently stored in offshore geological formations, such as depleted oil fields, leveraging Malaysia’s natural subsurface structure.

The Northern and Southern hubs are two of four major domestic CCS projects that Petronas is progressing; the other two are Kerteh and Lawit in which Aker Solutions is performing pre-FEED work.

Enrico Beccaceci, the engineering integration senior manager, for Rina’s ASEAN region, said: “This contract reinforces Rina’s strategic partnership with Petronas and marks a significant step in our expansion within Southeast Asia.”

“The CCS project is not only critical for reducing CO₂ emissions but also represents an important contribution to the global carbon reduction effort. Our technical expertise, demonstrated through several rounds of technical clarification, was a key factor in securing this project,” Beccaceci said.

Source: By Nishant Ugal from upstreamonline.com