Total and Siemens Energy have signed a technical collaboration agreement to study sustainable solutions for CO2 emissions reduction.
The partnership will focus on natural gas liquefaction facilities and associated power generation, with both firms combining there “best-in-class” technologies to deliver industrial-stage solutions.
That includes the combustion of clean hydrogen in gas turbines, competitive all-electrical liquefaction, optimised power generation, the integration of renewable energy in liquefaction plants’ power system and their efficiency enhancement.
French supermajor Total is the world’s second largest privately owned LNG player with interest in Qatar, Nigeria, Russia, Norway, Oman, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the US, Australia and Angola.
Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration & Production at Total, said: “This collaboration with Siemens Energy, a major player in the energy technology sector, brings many opportunities to further reduce the carbon footprint of our activities, especially in our strategic LNG business.
“The development of low-carbon LNG will contribute to meet the growth in global energy demand whilst reducing the carbon intensity of the energy products consumed. Reducing its carbon footprint is essential for LNG to play its role fully in the energy transition.”
Thorbjörn Fors, executive vice president of the industrial applications division at Siemens Energy, added: “We are pleased to partner with Total as one of the main players in the LNG value chain to explore how we can competitively reduce the carbon footprint of brownfield and greenfield LNG projects.
“The agreement is a next step, following our announcement last June to collaborate together and conduct studies exploring possible liquefaction and power generation plant designs to help decarbonize the production of LNG.”
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