Economic Potential of DACCS and Global CCS Progress
AFRY and Gaffney Cline have revealed the significant
subsurface potential for storage in the GCC countries,
both in depleted gas reservoirs and saline aquifers, with
the greatest opportunity found in the Rub'al Khali Basin
and in the sequences beneath Kuwait. Based on this
study, the current estimated storage capacity for the GCC
countries is 170 Gt of CO2 - see the figure above, which
shows potential locations for CO2 geological storage in
the Gulf Cooperation Council region.
Moreover, the AFRY and GaffneyCline study revealed
that the Gulf Cooperation Council region has the
potential to develop active CCUS hubs due to the
availability of natural sinks and concentrated sources of
CO2 emissions. Clusters of high-purity, low-cost capture
industries coupled with nearby geological storage
make it possible to develop hubs that could benefit
from economies of scale. This study has identified 10
promising hub locations with the most favourable being
in Jubail (Saudi Arabia), northern Qatar, and Abu Dhabi
(see figure below).
In addition to the Gulf Cooperation Council, other
countries in the MENA region and wider Africa could
form a potential location for CCUS hubs. The region in
the north of Egypt with its current natural gas facilities
and gas reservoirs has great potential. The potential for
CCS in Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, and other countries
in the region is being evaluated. The World Bank Group
has been aiding its partner countries on carbon capture
capacity-building and the evaluation of CO2 geological
storage potential. The most recent study on the potential
for CCS in Nigeria was announced in 2022 (14).
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41.6 Mt
SAUDI ARABIA
4 21.3 Mt
KUWAIT
2 20.8 Mt
126.8 Mt
17.7 Mt 5
6
68.8 Mt
QATAR
7 26.8 Mt
9 26.4 Mt
42.5 Mt
8
10 25.9 Mt
UAE
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FIGURE 17: POTENTIAL HUBS ACROSS THE GCC COUNTRIES (SOURCE: ENERGY REVIEW MENA) (10)
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