Baker Hughes to Provide CO₂ Compressor Technology to Saipem for Eni’s Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Baker Hughes to provide advanced electric driven compression technology for carbon dioxide (CO2) reinjection, as well as Lufkin Gears gearbox

Liverpool Bay CCS project to operate as the backbone of the HyNet Cluster to transport CO2 from capture plants across the North West of England and North Wales

Project recently reached financial close and sees Eni partnering with UK Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

HOUSTON and LONDON – June 30, 2025 – Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Monday it has been awarded a contract by Saipem to supply carbon dioxide (CO2) compression technology for Eni’s Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project in the UK. The order was booked in the first quarter of 2025.

As part of the scope, Baker Hughes will supply three advanced CO2 centrifugal compressor trains with electric motors, as well as Lufkin Gears gearbox. The full compressor package will be used for the re-injection of the CO2, leveraging Baker Hughes’ decades of experience in CCUS technologies, as part of Saipem’s conversion of a traditional gas compression and treatment facility at Point of Ayr, in north Wales, into an innovative CO2 electrical compression station allowing for permanent CO2 storage in offshore depleted fields under Liverpool Bay.

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The Liverpool Bay CCS project, which recently reached financial close, will operate as the backbone of the HyNet Cluster to transport carbon dioxide from capture plants across the North West of England and North Wales through new and repurposed infrastructure to safe and permanent storage in Eni’s depleted natural gas reservoirs, located under the seabed in Liverpool Bay. HyNet is one of the world’s most advanced CCS Clusters that will significantly contribute to the reduction of emissions from a wide range of industries across the North West of England and North Wales.

"We’re proud to support Saipem and Eni with our advanced, proven compression technologies in a critical project that will deliver sustainable energy development in the UK by decarbonizing industry," said Alessandro Bresciani, senior vice president of Climate Technologies Solutions at Baker Hughes. "At Baker Hughes, we are committed to providing technology solutions to improve the economic viability of CO2 projects at scale, as we firmly believe that CCUS plays a key role in driving sustainable energy development."

Baker Hughes’ involvement in the Liverpool Bay CCS Project follows several other significant orders in the CCS sector, including an award in 2024 to supply compression and power generation equipment to bp for its integrated Tangguh UCC project at its Tangguh LNG plant in Papua Barat, Indonesia. This order includes three gas turbine generators, three heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine generator for a 175MW combined power cycle plant to supply power for enhanced gas recovery through carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS); and three electric motor driven centrifugal compressors to boost feedstock gas from the offshore fields.

More recently, Baker Hughes has also announced a strategic partnership with Frontier Infrastructure to accelerate the deployment of large-scale CCS and power solutions in the U.S.

Baker Hughes’ broad portfolio of CCUS solutions, technologies, and services includes consultancy, front-end design, capture and purification systems, fit-for-purpose compression, conditioning, and liquefaction technology, well design and construction for injection and monitoring, as well as site stewardship.

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