The Gulf could be a “sweet spot” for climate-friendly products made with technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions from the air, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company believes.
Many countries see carbon capture as a key emissions-busting tool, even as critics say it is used to prolong the life of polluting plants and factories.
The main agreement at the Cop28 summit in the UAE called for the use of carbon capture to be “accelerated”, especially in sectors where it is hard to cut out carbon dioxide entirely.
Products made with the help of carbon capture and storage (CCS) are known as “blue” – for example, blue steel or blue ammonia.
Adnoc opened its first carbon capture facility in 2016 at an Emirates Steel plant. Last year, it announced two new projects in which carbon dioxide will be injected underground into a network of wells and reservoirs.
Trapping carbon dioxide on the Earth in this way means it does not enter the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.
Adnoc's Emirates Steel operation and the two projects being developed would take its storage capacity to 3.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
It has a target of 10 million tonnes a year by 2030, by when it also hopes to cut the carbon intensity of its operations by a quarter.
Carbon capture is “essential for Adnoc to reach our climate targets” and for the UAE to reach net zero by 2050.
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