© Supplied by NZT Power BP has released tenders to bring its Net Zero Teesside (NZT) Power carbon capture and storage project to fruition.
According to the North Sea Transition Authority’s (NSTA’s) Pathfinder database, a total of six contracts are available for the development, with all but one valued at under £25 million.
The more valuable contract, worth over £25m, is to provide workers to build various reinforced concrete structures within the NZT site, including flooring, roofing and circular tanks.
The contract is expected to be awarded at the start of August, with the work forecast to kick off in the fourth quarter of 2025 and run for 12 to 18 months.
The other contracts cover a range of infrastructure and logistics. The two with the earliest tender dates are for the start of July. One includes providing electrical works, with work to commence in September 2025 and run for a duration of 12 months.
The second is for park and ride services to transport labour to the site on a three-to-four-year contract.
Later in July, BP will put out another tender for road markings, forecast to start in August.
In August, the company will tender for a natural gas pipeline, which will include 1.5km of buried 24” pipe, including above-ground installations, tie-ins and mechanical equipment.
And in October, a tender is expected to install and commission electrical, instrumentation and controls, including fibre optic cables, electrical cables, F&G system and ICSS assistance.
BP is developing Net Zero Teesside Power in partnership with Equinor. Once completed, it will consist of a 742MW gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage capacity.
The project received approval in February 2024 and funding under the government’s £21.7bn CCS scheme.
It will rely on the carbon storage and transportation infrastructure of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), also being developed by BP and Equinor, alongside TotalEnergies.
May saw BP offer a wealth of 31 tenders through Pathfinder for the Teesside CCS project covering subsea operations, fabrication, and engineering and design scopes.
The NEP project is scheduled to see its first commercial operations from 2027 and start-up of CO2 injection in 2028.
