{"id":160697,"date":"2025-04-01T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=160697"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:51:50","slug":"aramco-launches-saudi-arabias-first-co2-direct-air-capture-test-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/aramco-launches-saudi-arabias-first-co2-direct-air-capture-test-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Aramco launches Saudi Arabia\u2019s first CO2 Direct Air Capture test unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Aramco, one of the world\u2019s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has launched the Kingdom\u2019s first CO2<\/sub>Direct Air Capture (DAC) test unit, capable of removing 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pilot plant, developed in collaboration with Siemens Energy, represents a significant step in the company\u2019s efforts to expand on its DAC capabilities. Aramco intends to use the facility as a testing platform for next-generation CO2<\/sub> capture materials in Saudi Arabia\u2019s distinct climate. It will also seek to achieve cost reductions that could help accelerate the deployment of DAC technologies in the region. Aramco and Siemens Energy intend to continue working closely together with the aim of scaling up the technology, potentially laying the foundations for large-scale DAC facilities in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ali A. Al-Meshari, Aramco Senior Vice President of Technology Oversight and Coordination<\/strong>, said: \u201cTechnologies that directly capture carbon dioxide from the air will likely play an important role in reducing\u00a0gas emissions moving forward, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors. The test facility launched by Aramco is a key step in our efforts to scale up viable DAC systems, for deployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and beyond. In addition to helping address emissions, the CO2<\/sub>\u00a0extracted through this process can in turn be used to produce more sustainable chemicals and fuels.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Such projects illustrate Aramco\u2019s strong focus on carbon capture, which represents a key pillar in the Company\u2019s ambition to achieve net-zero\u00a0and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its wholly-owned operated assets by 2050. The Company is exploring options to capture CO2<\/sub>\u00a0both at the point of emissions and directly from the atmosphere, through its circular carbon economy approach and the deployment of innovative technology solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch of the DAC test facility follows the December 2024 announcement<\/a> that Aramco and its partners, Linde and SLB, had signed a shareholders\u2019 agreement that paves the way for the development of a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) hub in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Phase one of the CCS hub will have the capacity to capture nine million tonnes of CO2<\/sub> from three Aramco gas plants and other industrial sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aramco, one of the world\u2019s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has launched the Kingdom\u2019s first CO2Direct Air Capture (DAC) test unit, capable of removing 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere.\u00a0 The pilot plant, developed in collaboration with Siemens Energy, represents a significant step in the company\u2019s efforts to expand on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":160747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Pilot plant established with Siemens Energy assessing commercial scale-up of emissions-reduction technologies","footnotes":""},"categories":[5571],"tags":[6843,5714,10744,10416,10408,22310,10743],"supplier":[1193,12194,17408,25659],"class_list":["post-160697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co2-based","tag-biochemicals","tag-biofuels","tag-carboncapture","tag-circulareconomy","tag-greenchemistry","tag-netzero","tag-useco2","supplier-linde-ag","supplier-saudi-aramco","supplier-siemens-energy","supplier-slb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160697"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=160697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}