Economic Potential of DACCS and Global CCS Progress

PROJECTS CCS project activity is spread across Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE - more specifically in Abu Dhabi. The combined annual capture capacity is around 3.7 Mtpa of CO2 at three CCS facilities: • Qatar Gas captures 2.2 Mtpa of CO2 from the Ras Laffan gas liquefaction plant. Saudi Aramco captures 0.8 Mtpa of CO2 at its Hawiyah Naturals Gas Liquids plant. The CO2 is used to demonstrate the viability of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) at the Uthmaniyah oil field. In Phase I (of at least three phases) of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) Al Reyadah project, 0.8 Mtpa of CO2 is captured at the Emirates Steel plant in Abu Dhabi. Aiming to develop a fully integrated CCUS supply chain, the MENA region shows a very high potential for CCUS hubs. A recent study conducted by AFRY and GaffneyCline on behalf of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) evaluated the potential for carbon capture and CCUS hubs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman) (13). With current carbon capture facilities, industrial facilities, available natural CO2 sinks and future plans in the GCC countries, the GCC countries could be a world-class hub for CCS. In addition, CCUS has promising applications across multiple industrial activities in the GCC countries and will play a role in the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate industries. KUWAIT Both the Ras Laffan and Al Reyadah projects are already developing expansion plans: Qatar Gas expects to expand its capture rate to 5 Mtpa by 2025 (9). This carbon capture new phase is expected to be accelerated after the announcement that the North Field expansion is the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project (10). ADNOC estimates that Phase II and Phase III will capture about 5 Mtpa of CO2 before 2030. This is expected to be captured from two sources: 2.3 Mtpa of CO2 from the Shah sour gas plant and another 1.9 Mtpa from the Habshan and Bab gas processing facility (11,12). There are two regional CO2 utilisation facilities: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation captures 0.5 Mtpa of CO2 at its Jubail ethylene facility for use in methanol and urea production. Qatar Fuel Additive Company captures 0.2 Mtpa of CO2 at its methanol refinery. ■CORE AREA OF STORAGE PLAY [30] QATAR SAUDI ARABIA FIGURE 16: GEOLOGICAL STORAGE MAP IN GCC REGION YEMEN UAE OMAN GLOBAL CCS INSTITUTE

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