Saudi Aramco has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Linde and SLB for development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in Jubail, the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Phase one of the new CCS hub is expected to capture and store up to 9 million metric tons/year of CO2 from three Aramco gas plants and other industrial sources. The captured CO2 will be transported through a pipeline network and stored below ground in a saline aquifer sink, the operator said in a release Dec. 4.
Construction is expected to be completed by end-2027. Later phases could further expand capacity. The overall project is aimed at supporting Aramco's ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and gas emissions across its wholly owned operated assets by 2050.
Aramco will take a 60% equity interest in the CCS hub, with Linde and SLB each owning a 20% stake.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
