Altrad’s newly acquired subsidiary Stork has secured a three-year contract to support two carbon capture and storage (CCS) schemes in the North East of England.
The contract – for an undisclosed value – includes two one-year extension options and covers quality services during the execution phase of the £4bn Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) projects.
Stork was acquired by Altrad in a deal completed this February.
The firm will now deliver specialist integrity and quality assurance services for the CCS initiatives as it continues to diversify into the onshore UK industrial sector, Altrad said in a press release today (16 April).
NZT Power is a joint venture between oil and gas majors bp and Equinor. Once operational, it aims to generate up to 742 megawatts of flexible, dispatchable power, using carbon capture to reduce emissions. According to the companies, that output is equivalent to the electricity needed to supply more than one million UK homes annually.
NEP, a joint venture between bp, Equinor and TotalEnergies, is developing infrastructure to transport captured CO₂ from industrial sites in Teesside and the Humber to storage locations under the North Sea. The projects form part of the wider East Coast Cluster.
Stork regional director Steve Hunt said the CCS work will contribute to the UK’s transition to low-carbon energy.
Paudie Somers, Altrad chief executive for the UK, Ireland, Nordics and Poland, added that the firm looked forward to using its “specialist skills and capabilities” to support the schemes.
Source: Altrad press release