VERSO ENERGY, TRAPIL Ink Deal to Build CO2 Pipeline for French e-SAF Plant
Pipeline Technology Journal reports that VERSO ENERGY and TRAPIL have signed a co-development agreement for the CO2 transport pipeline supporting the DEZiR project in Petit-Couronne, France. The DEZiR project aims to produce up to 81,000 tonnes per year of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel, or e-SAF, starting in 2030, by combining renewable hydrogen with just over 330,000 tonnes per year of biogenic CO2 captured at the Biomasse Énergie d’Alizay site in the Eure department. That CO2 will travel through an approximately 17-km private pipeline to the production site.
Under the agreement, TRAPIL will handle design, engineering and development of the CO2 pipeline, while its subsidiary Survey secures the route and rights of way. VERSO ENERGY will integrate the pipeline into the broader DEZiR industrial project. The deal builds on a memorandum of understanding the two companies signed in January 2024 and supports France’s ReFuelEU Aviation compliance timeline.
What It Means for Subcontractors
- Route surveying and rights-of-way acquisition firms should watch for work packages tied to TRAPIL’s subsidiary Survey as the roughly 17-km CO2 pipeline corridor gets finalized ahead of the 2030 startup target.
- Pipeline engineering, welding and construction crews with CO2 transport experience have a concrete near-term target: this line must be built and commissioned before the DEZiR e-SAF plant starts up in 2030, giving contractors a firm delivery horizon to plan crew and equipment mobilization.
- Firms with CCUS or biogenic CO2 handling experience, including instrumentation and E&I trades for capture and compression equipment at the Alizay site, should track VERSO ENERGY’s subcontract packages as the project moves from agreement to detailed engineering.
