Worley to work on DAC in Canada
Engineering firm Worley will conduct work under a contract from Occidental Petroleum to help develop direct air capture (DAC) technology in Canada, the company said November 8.
Worley received a services contract from Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental, to develop a DAC facility in British Columbia. The project is led by Oxy’s low-carbon arm and the Huron Clean Energy Corporation.
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Worley under the terms of the contract will provide early front-end engineering and design (FEED) services and then move toward the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction phase.
DAC will be used to help produce low-carbon fuels. DAC can extract CO2 directly from the atmosphere for later storage in underground geological formations, or used to produce synthetic fuels when blended with hydrogen.
Worley estimates the facility could produce up to 100,000 m3 of low-carbon fuel each year, fuel that would head directly into the local Canadian market.
“The significance of the direct air capture technology being extended to renewables fully aligns with Worley’s purpose of delivering a more sustainable world” Worley CEO Chris Ashton said.
Construction on the facility is slated for 2023. Operations could begin by 2026.