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KUCHING, Aug 24: Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg visited several carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities in Norway on Wednesday (Aug 23) to learn more about the technology used by industry players there.
According to a TVS report, the Premier led a Sarawak delegation to Norway, where they first visited the CCS Northern Lights facility in Øygarden.
Abang Johari accompanied by his deputy, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Sarawak State Secretary Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki, arrived at the facility’s visitor centre at 10.21am.
Upon arrival, the Premier and the delegation were briefed on the implementation and operation of Northern Lights by managing director, Børre Jacobsen and project director, Sverre Overå.
Abang Johari was then escorted into the facility to look at the infrastructure and technology used to implement CCS on a large scale.
Northern Lights is believed to be the first large-scale CCS project in Norway.
Abang Johari was then taken on a sailing boat through the fjord to the next facility, Technology Centre Mongstad.
When the State government delegation arrived at the facility around 2.45pm, they were briefed on business capital and the central regulatory framework.
Technology Centre Mongstad is the largest facility for testing carbon capture technologies built by most major industry players across Europe, before commercialising the technology.
The centre plays a key role in the commercialisation of carbon capture technology and always welcomes stakeholders who want to test their technology.
Following that, Abang Johari and the delegation were invited to inspect the infrastructure used by the centre to test carbon capture technology.
The first day’s work visit here ended with a dinner event organised by Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) at Hotel Norge by Scandic in Bergen, Norway.
The event was also attended by the mayor of Øygarden, Tom Georg Indrevik. — DayakDaily
