KUALA LUMPUR: Yinson Holdings Bhd's unit Yinson Production Pte Ltd, in collaboration with Azule Energy, will pilot an offshore carbon capture and storage plant on the floating production system (FPSO) Agogo in Angola.
This is to reduce carbon footprint and pave the way for the decarbonisation of the offshore production industry.
The plant is the world's first post-combustion carbon capture unit installed onboard an FPSO.
It is designed at a pilot scale and will be used as a demonstration unit in an offshore floating environment to assess technical readiness and gain operational know-how.
In addition to the CCS plant, FPSO Agogo will feature other emissions-lowering technologies such as electrification, advanced automation and digitalisation, a combined-cycle power system, a seawater turbine generator, a hydrocarbon cargo tank blanketing scheme and an integrated closed flare system.
Yinson Production chief executive officer Flemming Gronnegaard said as a top tier FPSO contractor, the company's goal is to explore and provide sustainable energy solutions.
"We are pleased that both YP and Azule are fully aligned in our commitment to implementing emission-reduction technologies such as the CCS plant onboard FPSO Agogom," Gronnegaard said in a statement.
In late February 2023, YP and Azule entered a firm contract for the provision, operation and maintenance of the FPSO vessel for the Agogo integrated west hub development project in Angola.
FPSO Agogo will be YP's first offshore production project in Angola and marks YP's eighth FPSO project in the West African region.