Baker Hughes to supply compression tech for Eni’s Liverpool Bay CCS project

• Baker Hughes to provide advanced electric driven compression technology for carbon dioxide (CO2) reinjection, as well as Lufkin Gears gearbox for Eni’s Liverpool Bay CCS project. (Image: Baker Hughes)

Baker Hughes has been selected to provide carbon dioxide (CO₂) compression equipment to Saipem for the Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, a key component of the United Kingdom’s HyNet industrial decarbonization initiative.

The contract, awarded in the first quarter of 2025, includes three centrifugal CO₂ compressor trains driven by electric motors, along with gearboxes supplied through the company’s Lufkin Gears division. The equipment will be installed at Point of Ayr in North Wales, where an existing gas treatment facility is being converted into a CO₂ electrical compression station. The station will inject captured carbon dioxide into depleted offshore gas reservoirs under Liverpool Bay for permanent storage.

The Liverpool Bay CCS project recently achieved financial close, formalizing a partnership between project operator Eni and the UK government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Once operational, it will serve as the core transport and storage infrastructure for the broader HyNet Cluster, moving CO₂ captured from industrial emitters across North West England and North Wales via a network of new and repurposed pipelines.

The order strengthens Baker Hughes’ position in the growing CCS market and draws on its decades of experience in gas compression and carbon reinjection technologies. “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 Technology Solutions at Baker Hughes.

In addition to the Liverpool Bay contract, Baker Hughes continues to build a portfolio of CCS equipment supply and services. In 2024, the company received a major order from bp to provide compression and power generation equipment for the Tangguh UCC project in Papua Barat, Indonesia. That award included three electric-motor driven compressors as well as equipment for a 175 MW combined-cycle power plant designed to support enhanced gas recovery and carbon storage at the Tangguh LNG facility.

Baker Hughes has also entered into a partnership with Frontier Infrastructure in the United States, aimed at accelerating the rollout of utility-scale CCS and power solutions. The company’s offerings in the carbon capture space span consulting, front-end design, CO₂ purification, compression and liquefaction, well design for injection and monitoring, and site stewardship.

The Liverpool Bay CCS project is expected to play a critical role in helping the UK meet its net-zero targets by capturing and permanently storing emissions from hard-to-abate industrial sectors. With infrastructure being developed under the HyNet umbrella, the project will support a cluster-based approach to decarbonization, one that the UK government has identified as essential to achieving large-scale emissions reductions.

Eni is the transportation and storage operator for the HyNet CCS system, which is being developed in phases to meet future demand. Once complete, HyNet aims to capture and store millions of tonnes of CO₂ annually from refineries, cement plants, chemical producers, and other industrial facilities across the region.