ADNOC to invest in carbon capture projects in MENA

The announcement is part of ADNOC’s wider carbon management strategy, which aims to create a unique platform that connects all the sources of emissions and sequestration sites to accelerate the delivery of ADNOC and the UAE’s decarbonisation goals. As part of this strategy, the company is implementing several innovative, technology driven pilot projects, including CO₂ mineralisation and full carbon sequestration in saline aquifers.

The project will triple ADNOC’s carbon capture capacity to 2.3 million tpy, equivalent to removing over 500 000 gasoline-powered cars from the road per year. The project, to be built, operated and maintained by ADNOC Gas on behalf of ADNOC, will include carbon capture units at the Habshan gas processing plant, pipeline infrastructure, and a network of wells for CO₂ injection. As part of ADNOC’s ongoing decarbonisation efforts, CO₂ will be permanently stored in reservoirs deep in the sub-surface through the deployment of closed-loop CO₂ capture and reinjection technology at the well site. The FID to develop the project fully aligns with ADNOC’s recently announced net zero by 2045 ambition and forms part of the company’s initial US$15 billion decarbonisation investment in low-carbon solutions.

Musabbeh Al Kaabi, ADNOC Executive Director of Low Carbon Solutions and International Growth, said: “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stated that CCS is a critical enabler for the world to achieve net zero by mid-century. This landmark project, is one of many tangible initiatives that ADNOC is delivering as we accelerate our decarbonisation plan to meet our net zero by 2045 ambition.

In 2016, ADNOC opened its first carbon capture, transportation and storage facility at Al Reyadah in Abu Dhabi. The facility has the capacity to process up to 800 000 tpy of CO₂ captured at Emirates Steel Arkan. Building on Al Reyadah, the Habshan carbon capture project could provide for enhanced oil recovery of industry leading low carbon-intensity barrels as well as the production of low-carbon feedstocks such as hydrogen, to help customers decarbonise their operations.

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