Factbox: Energy firms bet big on carbon capture projects in U.S., Canada
10/03/2023 15:38
March 10 (Reuters) - Energy companies are making big
investments in carbon capture projects, in their bid to slash
greenhouse gas emissions to achieve net-zero goals.
WHAT IS CCS?
A carbon capture and storage (CCS) process captures carbon
dioxide (CO2) generated from industrial activity, transports it,
and then stores it underground.
GOVT SUPPORT
The United States has committed $3.7 billion to finance
such projects and meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
The Inflation Reduction Act offers direct air-capture
projects a per-tonne credit of $180 versus $50 previously.
CURRENT SCENARIO
** Around 80 projects seek to be operational before 2030,
and the International Energy Agency's (IEA) data shows the U.S.
could see CO2 capture capacity increase five-times to over 100
metric tons (Mt) CO2 annually.
** Canada has around 15 projects in various phases of
development, says IEA.
Here are some North American companies investing in CCS
projects:
United States
Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N
** Exxon Mobil is advancing plans for over 20 CCS
opportunities globally, including options for producing
low-carbon hydrogen.
** Exxon, Japan's Nippon Steel Corp 5401.T , and Mitsubishi
Corp 8058.T will also jointly study CCS and value-chain
establishments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Chevron Corp CVX.N
** Chevron in 2021 announced a unit, which manages around
nine carbon capture, utilization, and storage ventures in
Americas and six in the Asia-Pacific region.
ConocoPhillips COP.N
** ConocoPhillips is evaluating making a CCS hub on the U.S.
Gulf Coast. Its 25,000-acre position in southeast Louisiana has
been identified as a potential hub.
Occidental Petroleum Corp OXY.N
** Occidental Petroleum formed Oxy Low Carbon Ventures for
its carbon capture, utilization and emissions reduction
operations, and is currently involved in about nine carbon
innovation projects.
** Its spending on lower-carbon projects will at least
double to $200 million this year.
EQT Corp EQT.N
** EQT's alliance is developing low-carbon and hydrogen hubs
in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc APD.N
** Air Products operates a large-scale system to capture CO2
from its reformers at its Texas refinery.
** The firm will invest $4.5 billion to build-own-operate a
blue hydrogen production facility to capture over five million
Mt per year of CO2, and will be operational in 2026.
** The company, along with the Canadian government, is also
building a net-zero hydrogen energy complex to capture over 95%
of CO2 from feedstock natural gas.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co ADM.N
** ADM has been operating CCS wells in Decatur for over a
decade and plans to expand their capacity.
** The company aims to connect its corn processing
facilities in Iowa to existing CCS wells in Decatur through a
CO2 pipeline built and operated by Wolf Carbon Solutions.
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Phillips 66 PSX.N
** The refiner is eyeing emission cuts from its Humber
refinery in England with Shell Plc's carbon capture technology.
** The project, expected to start in 2027, would capture at
least 95% of the refinery's CO2.
Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC.N
** MPC, which is part of three alliances, captured about
478,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2021.
Valero Energy Corp VLO.N
** Valero and BlackRock are partnering with Navigator Energy
Services to develop a pipeline system by late-2024, with a
capacity to store up to 5 million Mt of C02 per year.
Delek U.S. holdings Inc DK.N
** Delek acquired 3Bear, which has a sequestration well
permit in the U.S, and has invested in two carbon capture
start-ups.
Oilfield services companies SLB SLB.N , Baker Hughes Co
BKR.O and Halliburton Co HAL.N are developing new technology
for CCS projects.
Canada
** Six companies, representing 95% of oil sands production,
created the Pathways Alliance for net-zero emissions by 2050.
** The group wants to store CO2 at a hub in Alberta by 2030,
and it could cost C$16.5 billion.
Suncor Energy SU.TO
** The oil major agreed to invest in carbon capture
technology firm Svante Inc in 2021.
Enbridge Inc ENB.TO
** The pipeline operator and Occidental Petroleum announced
in November they would develop a CO2 sequestration hub in the
Texas Gulf Coast.
** ENB also has agreements with Capital Power Corp CPX.TO
and Heidelberg Materials to store CO2 at its Alberta storage
facility.
TC Energy Corp TRP.TO
** Pembina Pipeline Corp PPL.TO and TC Energy are
developing transportation and sequestration systems to transport
over 20 million tonnes of CO2 annually.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd CNQ.TO
** Its CCS facilities have a combined capacity of 2.7
million tonnes.
Cenovus Energy Inc CVE.TO
** The company operates two projects, which capture about
89,000 tonnes of CO2.
** Cenovus plans to implement CCS at two plants and add one
at Lloydminster.
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(Reporting by Arunima Kumar and Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru;
editing by Uttaresh Venkateshwaran)
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