GPA founded in the US in the 1920's. In 1983, GPA Europe was established as a parallel organisation.

We currently have over 200 members, including the great majority of European gas companies. We aim to provide a forum to share ideas by bringing together business and technical leaders from a range of gas processing organisations across 20+ countries.

We are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to advancing gas processing, LNG, hydrogen, carbon capture, and associated energy technologies across Europe and beyond.

We bring together students, engineers, technical specialists, business leaders, and operating companies to share knowledge, develop best practices, and shape the future of the gas and energy transition industries.

Here at GPAE , our role is two-fold:

1  GPAE promotes technical and operational excellence

2  GPAE serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas and information

This month we are looking back to a paper from Niku Nobakhti, Costain. The most downloaded paper from last month, presented at the GPAE Technical Meeting & AGM 2024.

Building a Blueprint for Industrial Decarbonisation in the East Coast Cluster

"In early 2024, Costain successfully completed the front-end engineering design (FEED) of a 14km above ground CO₂ gathering network, with a maximum design capacity of 3.8MTPA, that will connect key emitters North of the Tees to the NZT Power plant for compression and subsequent transportation to offshore storage for captured CO₂ emissions. Due to the properties of CO₂ as a fluid, other examples of CO₂ pipelines and networks, use a wholly below ground infrastructure. Designing any element of a first-of-a-kind project is not without its complexities, including but not limited to understanding the impact on fluid properties and constructability. This project formed part of the development of the East Coast Cluster (ECC) and by reviewing its challenges and outcomes in this presentation it is hoped to provide a blueprint for similar CO₂ transportation projects, in the drive towards net zero.”