The national oil companies of Mexico and Brazil – respectively Pemex and Petrobras – have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on a range of ‘strategic and technical’ initiatives. In a statement issued yesterday (23 June), Petrobras indicated the companies would be pooling their resources to focus on decarbonisation and the energy transition, as it noted that: ‘The MoU covers cooperation opportunities in refining, petrochemicals, fertilisers, gas processing and liquids recovery, energy efficiency, emissions reduction, carbon capture and the production of lower-carbon-intensity fuels.’ Petrobras added that: ‘The MoU is valid for two years and may be renewed.’ […]

Classification society DNV has published a recommended practice (RP) which aims to provide a standardised framework for measuring and verifying the performance of onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) systems on ships. In a statement sent to ship.energy today (22 June), DFNVG said that RP 0698, titled Performance of onboard carbon capture and storage systems, is built around mass balance principles and defines a set of performance metrics, including capture rate, captured CO2 quantity, emissions to atmosphere, and gross capture efficiency. The classification society added that the framework is intended to be ‘technology-neutral’ and a ‘structured third-party verification process’ covers […]

An assessment from DNV has confirmed Carbon Ridge’s centrifugal onboard carbon capture (OCCS) system can reach CO2 capture rates of as high as 98%, The system was deployed on an LR2 product tanker owned by Scorpio Tankers Inc. According to Santa Monica-based Carbon Ridge, it marks the first maritime deployment of a centrifugal OCCS system. The results were reached using data gathered over a scheduled five-month pilot period, which, as previously reported by ship.energy, commenced last July at Besiktas Shipyard in Türkiye, on the 109,999 DWT, 2015-built STI Spiga as the vessel undertook regular commercial operations. In a statement issued today […]