This week in energy: positive co-firing results, major LNG facility approved and Japan's big CCS news
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The Asia Natural Gas and Energy Association (ANGEA) regularly compiles a selection of stories from the energy world that have caught our eye.??? ??????????????????????????????
Given the region in which we operate –?and our purpose?– this collection of content is largely Asia-focused. But we also look further afield, knowing that developments, trends and technology from around the world also have an impact across our region.?
JERA wraps up positive ammonia co-firing trial at Hekinan
ANGEA member company JERA Co., Inc. will move on to construction to enable large-volume fuel ammonia substitution at Hekinan Thermal Power Station following a successful trial that started in April.
The trial, which paves the way for commercial operations, confirmed that nitrogen oxides levels were no higher than when firing coal alone, while sulphur oxides were reduced by 20 per cent.
JERA has previously said trial success could open a pathway for 50% co-firing and even 100% ammonia combustion in the future.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3xsmofp
FERC approves Venture Global's CP2 export facility
Another ANGEA member, Venture Global LNG received news it had been hoping for over the past week with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission providing approval for the CP2 export facility in Louisiana to proceed.
CP2, which is expected to be operational in 2026, will have export capacity of 20 million metric tonnes per annum and a variety of Asian customers have already signed up for long-term sales and purchase agreements.
Like other planned US LNG export facilities, CP2 remains subject to non-FTA export permitting, which was placed into a halt by the Biden Administration in January.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3W52rnd
It's been a big fortnight for Venture Global, which also launched the first of an eight-ship fleet that will start transporting LNG to customers in Asia (and Europe) from later this year.
Built in Korea by Samsung Heavy Industries, Venture Gator measures 174,000 cubic metres, will be powered mainly by LNG and has a range of cutting-edge features and technology that will reduce emissions and energy use on its journeys.
Paul Everingham's Quarterly Q&A for June
On the topic of the halt to US LNG export approvals - that was one of the issues ANGEA CEO Paul Everingham addressed in his Quarterly Q&A for June.
Among other subjects Paul tackles:
Read the full interview at: https://bit.ly/4eKZW1L
Malampaya targets new gas supply by 2026
While the Philippines is ramping up LNG imports to support the energy transition, it's also working to extend the life and production of its only indigenous gas resource.
Malampaya might be a late-life field but operators are optimistic that new drilling will increase production, with new gas being targeted within two years.
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The Malampaya field has been a key source of energy for Luzon Island since the early 2000s.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4ePItFx
Singapore making plans for more gas-fired power
Gas already provides more than 92% of Singapore's electricity and its plans to build two more gas-fired power plants by 2030 will help support energy security in decades to come.
The country's Energy Market Authority (EMA) has called for proposals from the public sector to build, own and operate the new plants, which would also be required to be hydrogen-ready.
Singapore's National Hydrogen Strategy, published in 2022, identified the potential for hydrogen to provide as much as 50 per cent of power by 2050.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3XGM8PN
Woodside's latest ship sails to major production facility
Venture Global wasn't the only ANGEA member to put a new ship into the ocean - with Woodside Energy announcing the launch of the Scarlett Ibis.
Named for the national bird of Trinidad and Tobago, Scarlett Ibis set sail from South Korea for Western Australia's Pluto LNG terminal, a long-time source of LNG for Asia.
The big CCS opportunity in front of Australia
ANGEA Director of Policy and Advocacy Alex Yelland penned an op-ed this week for The Australian, looking at the significant CCS opportunity for Australia.
As Alex writes, the technology that underpins carbon capture and storage (CCS) is long proven but there is much work to do in the Asia Pacific policy space before at-scale implementation goes ahead.
Alex is looking forward to speaking on a panel session at Carbon Capture APAC 2024 in Melbourne on July 9 and 10 about collaboration to accelerate a circular carbon economy in the region.
Read the full op-ed: https://bit.ly/3XQruMZ
Japan selects nine carbon capture projects for development
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has selected nine carbon capture and storage projects for advanced status as it continues work to advance this major technology for decarbonisation.
Five of the projects plan for storage in Japan, with four looking to export CO2 to other destinations in Asia Pacific - three in Malaysia and one identified as Oceania.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3VVA1fe
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