Norway's Aker Solutions opens carbon capture plant at Mongstad

07 May 2012 08:58  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Aker Solutions on Monday inaugurated its carbon capture facility at Mongstad in Norway, the oil-platform maker said in a statement.

The facility includes a new amine plant which was completed mechanically in June 2011, the Norway-based company said.

The amine unit, designed for a capture capacity of about 80,000 tonnes/year, has been started-up and commissioned, it said without elaborating further.

“After several years of research and development, the capture technology shall now be tested and verified in a large plant,” it added, referring to the amine plant.

By: Nurluqman Suratman

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