The SLB and Aker Carbon Capture joint venture announced that it has been awarded a contract by its partner, CO280 Solutions, to conduct front-end engineering and design for a large-scale carbon capture plant at a pulp and paper mill on the US Gulf Coast. This project is aimed at removing 800,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually and will deliver permanent, verifiable, and cost-effective carbon dioxide removals.
The North American pulp and paper industry presents a significant opportunity for carbon removal, with the potential to capture up to 130 million tonnes of carbon per year. By permanently capturing and storing these emissions, the industry can achieve negative emissions, where more carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere than is emitted during the manufacturing process.
Egil A. Fagerland, chief executive officer of SLB-ACC JV, highlighted the importance of this contract, describing it as a pivotal milestone in their partnership with CO280 to deliver large-scale carbon capture solutions across North America. Fagerland expressed enthusiasm for continuing the collaboration with CO280 and their pulp and paper partner, as they prepare to implement a full-scale carbon capture plant through the FEED process.
The FEED for the carbon capture plant will be based on the SLB-ACC JV’s modularised Just Catch™ 400 technology, a standardised and modular system that allows for the pre-fabrication of carbon capture units. The SLB-ACC JV is already deploying both Just Catch™ and Big Catch™ solutions across various industrial sectors, including bioenergy, cement, and waste-to-energy.
Jonathan Rhone, chief executive officer of CO280, emphasised the critical role of partnerships in achieving large-scale carbon removal before 2030. Rhone expressed pride in the partnerships CO280 has established within the pulp and paper industry and the carbon dioxide removal markets, as well as their collaboration with the SLB-ACC JV as a key technology partner. He noted that capturing and permanently storing biogenic CO2 at pulp and paper mills could unlock vast carbon removal opportunities and significantly scale up the carbon dioxide removal market.
This contract follows recent announcements from SLB-ACC JV and CO280 regarding their joint efforts to develop large-scale carbon dioxide removal projects in the US and Canadian pulp and paper industries. Additionally, the two companies have collaborated with Microsoft to expand the full value chain of carbon removal in North America, focusing on the capture and permanent sequestration of biogenic CO2 at pulp and paper mills.
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