Saudi Aramco Announces Plan To Capture Nearly 3/100ths Of 1% Of Annual CO2 Emissions At Some Point In Next Few Decades

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Saudi Aramco has struck a shareholder deal with energy firms Linde and SLB for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, expected to become one of the world’s largest CCS facilities.

Aramco has also partnered with Samsung E&A and startup Carbon Clean to deploy the latter’s modular CCS technology for tackling emissions from natural gas streams as it looks to deliver on its promise of advancing carbon capture and storage (CCS) innovation.

The petroleum and natural gas company hopes to achieve net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, which includes CO2 release directly and indirectly, by 2050. As part of its net zero ambitions, Aramco has a target to store up to 14m t/y of CO2 by 2035, with 9m t/y planned for the Jubail CCS Hub.

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The hub is expected to capture around 6m t/y CO2 from three Aramco gas plants, and a further 3m t/y from other industrial sources. The captured CO2 will be dehydrated and compressed for pipeline transportation, where it will then be sequestered in an onshore saline aquifer. Phase one of the hub’s construction is expected to be completed in 2027.

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https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/saudi-aramco-strikes-deal-with-linde-and-slb-to-build-one-of-world-s-largest-ccs-facilities/

[CoopersDad]

1. Thank goodness, we are no longer doomed!

Good grief.

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2. We'll this will help?

0.03% seems like a huge amount.

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3. It's not. It's 9 million tons/year vs. 38+ billion tons/year annual anthropogenic CO2 output.

That annual output total is almost certain to hit 40 billion tons/year by 2030 at the latest.

That also assumes that the thing will (A) ever be built (B) work as advertised.