NextDecade Trying to Develop Carbon-Neutral LNG at Rio Grande

摘要

US-based NextDecade is trying to realize carbon-neutrality at the Rio Grande LNG production project being advanced in the state of Texas. The company has developed a technology adopting the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), which can reduce carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions by 90%. It is exploring options to reduce the remaining 10% to realize high-quality LNG. Carbon neutral means a situation that CO2 emissions are balanced by CO2 sinks. In the LNG field, Royal Dutch Shell developed net-carbon-neutral LNG by offsetting CO2 emitted from manufacturing processes through credits and is selling to Japan’s Tokyo Gas, S. Korea’s GS Energy, Taiwan’s CPC and China’s CNOOC etc.