Port of Antwerp Bruges International
LR Consultants project-managed the business case development and feasibility study for the CCUS Project at the Port of Antwerp, home to the largest integrated energy and chemicals cluster in Europe.
Port of Antwerp Bruges International is home to the largest integrated energy and chemicals cluster in Europe. This makes it the ideal location to set up new, cross-border collaboration projects for innovative CO2 reduction. To this end, Air Liquide, BASF, Borealis, ExxonMobil, INEOS, TotalEnergies, Fluxys, and the Port of Antwerp joined forces at the end of 2019 under the name Of Antwerp@C to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of building a CO2 infrastructure to support future CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage) applications. Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and eventually also Carbon Capture & Utilization (CCU) – i.e., reusing CO2 as a raw material for the chemical industry – are seen as important routes in the Port of Antwerp’s transition to a carbon-neutral port. This innovative crossborder CCUS project would be among the first and the world’s larg
Project Objectives
Technical, economic feasibility of building CO2 infrastructure to support future CCUS applications
To be among the first and world’s largest multimodal open access CO2 export infrastructure operation
Reduce 10 million tons of CO2 Emissions (50%) by 2032
Project Status
After carrying out a feasibility study, Antwerp@C has now taken the decision to move on to the next phase and start engineering studies. These will further investigate the construction of a central "backbone" throughout the Port of Antwerp along the industrial zones on both the Right and Left banks of the river Scheldt. Also part of the engineering studies is a shared CO2 liquefaction unit with interim storage and marine loading facilities for cross- border shipping. These studies are partially funded by a Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grant, which was awarded in October 2020, by subsidies from the Flemish government and by contributions of the consortium participants. After the engineering studies have been finalized, a final investment decision is anticipated in late 2022. The approach that was followed for Antwerp@C, is that a Consortium
