A New Cost Estimate Methodology for Onshore Pipeline Transport of CO2 in China

AbstractPipeline transport of gas has several advantages and is also an attractive approach for CO2 transport from the existing experience. The transport cost is a key index for people to make decisions on the selection of transport means of CO2. However, the pipeline transport cost is obviously market sensitive and the existing cost models in USA, EU, etc. can’t be directly used in the cost evaluations in China. A localized assessment methodology for onshore pipeline transport cost is valuable. This paper developed a new cost estimate methodology for onshore pipeline transport of CO2 which can reflect the price level of pipe in China's market. For two transport routes of 300km with the transport amount 1.46Mt/y CO2, the transport costs are respectively 47.0 and 68.5RMB/t. A comparison with existing research work in China was conducted, which showed the validity of the methodology presented