Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has received a full notice to proceed for a large-scale CO2 capture project at Stockholm Exergi's existing bio-cogeneration plant in Sweden, after the successful financial closure of the project. The contract is worth approximately €600 million and entails detailed engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning. MORE

   

TotalEnergies SE (Paris) and its partners, Equinor and Shell, announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) of the second phase of the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) development, which will increase the project transport and storage capacity from 1.5 million to more than 5 million tons of CO2 per year from 2028. The first phase of Northern Lights is completed and ready to receive CO2 from industrial emitters. Operations are expected to start this summer, with the first CO2 transportation by ship from Heidelberg Materials' cement factory in Brevik, Norway and its injection and permanent storage into a reservoir 2,600 meters below the seabed.  MORE

   

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Forestal de Atlantico S.A. (Forestal) have signed an early disclosure agreement (EDA) aimed at advancing the production of e-methanol (eMeOH) through carbon capture solutions. Under this strategic partnership, BASF has been selected to share its proprietary OASE blue technology, designed for the efficient removal of CO2 from flue gases, for use in Forestal's pioneering Triskelion project in Galicia, Spain. The Triskelion project has a design capacity of 156 metric tons per day of e-methanol production. MORE

   

Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) has launched Saudi Arabia's first CO2 Direct Air Capture (DAC) test unit, capable of removing 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere. The pilot plant, developed in collaboration with Siemens Energy, represents a significant step in the company's efforts to expand on its DAC capabilities. Aramco intends to use the facility as a testing platform for next-generation CO2 capture materials in Saudi Arabia's distinct climate.  MORE

 

   

Heidelberg Materials North America announced that the Government of Canada's Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) department has committed to finalizing negotiations on a Contribution Agreement for the groundbreaking carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project at the company's cement plant in Edmonton, Alberta. When realized, this innovative CCUS project will be the world's first full-scale application of CCUS in the cement sector and will capture more than 1 million metric tons of CO2 annually.  MORE

 

 

   

Baker Hughes, Inc. (Houston) and Frontier Infrastructure (Dallas) announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) and power solutions in the U.S. As part of the agreement, Baker Hughes will provide innovative technologies and resources in support of the development of large-scale CCS, power generation, and data center projects. Frontier is leading the development of the Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub (SCS Hub), one of the largest open-source carbon sequestration assets in the country. Spanning nearly 100,000 acres in Wyoming, the hub is designed to support industrial emitters across the region and ethanol facilities across the Midwest.  MORE