MISSION NET ZERO

Q1 Please tell us about your work and its relation to MISSION NET ZERO.

My job involves developing new compressor equipment for CCUS facilities, which separate, capture, utilize, and store CO₂ gas, to improve the competitiveness of our CO₂ compressors.

Since the 1990s, our company has delivered over 100 CO₂ compressors to fertilizer plants worldwide. In 2003, we supplied a compressor with a discharge pressure of 200 bar to a gas processing plant in Algeria. Subsequently, in 2019, after years of continuous research and development, we successfully delivered a higher pressure compressor with a discharge pressure of 550 bar for an FPSO(Note) in Brazil. The 8-stage compressor with a discharge pressure of 130 bar that we delivered for the Petra Nova Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Project in the United States in 2017 had a capacity of approximately 5,000 tons per day, which was the largest in the world at the time. Our CO₂ compressors contribute to reducing Scope 3 emissions by serving as CCUS facilities in customer plants worldwide.

• FPSO: Floating Production, Storage and Offloading System. A set of facilities on tankers and other ships for the production, storage, and shipment of oil and gas.

Q2 What is your message to MHI Group’s employees on achieving carbon neutrality by 2040?

CCUS facilities are designed to prevent atmospheric emissions by separating and capturing CO₂ from the exhaust gases of chemical plants and power plants and storing them deep underground. The process of compressing CO₂ within these CCUS facilities contributes to the realization of a carbon-neutral society.

Currently, large-scale CCUS projects are being planned worldwide, and there is a need for compressors that can efficiently compress CO₂ according to customer needs. On the other hand, as subsidies are necessary for the introduction of CCUS facilities in each country, it is essential to minimize operating costs and reduce facility prices. Additionally, there is a need to reduce labor costs during facility construction and shorten the duration of installation work, especially in advanced countries, which are the greatest adopters of CCUS. To address these challenges, our company is leveraging the collective strength of MHI Group to develop new products. As a member of MHI Group, we will provide CCUS facilities and help to achieve MISSION NET ZERO.