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Carbon Capture Costs: FEED & pre-FEED Cost Reports
Carbon capture costs from pre-FEED and FEED studies across power, cement, steel, natural gas, hydrogen and other industrial sectors. Browse capital (capex) and operating (opex) cost estimates from publicly available engineering reports, drill down into cost buckets and line items, and compare up to three projects side-by-side.
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CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
744,235t/yr
Capture efficiency
75.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
36MW
CO₂ concentration
14.9%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$262.6M
Material$50.1M
Construction equipment$9.0M
Raw Material Relocation$12.3M
Labor$32.9M
Process equipment$121.6M
Subcontract$35.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$123.7M
Project Indirects$53.7M
Construction Indirect$70.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$123.9M
Contingency$57.9M
Escalation$65.9M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$510.2M
Southern Company / Plant Barry
CO₂ captured
4,200,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
—
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
99.0%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$153.0M
CO2 Compression Equipment$47.6M
Equipment installation, instrumentation and controls, piping, electrical, engineering, construction expenses, contractors’ fees, and process and project contingencies$102.0M
Dehydration$3.4M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$153.0M
Phillips 66 / Rodeo Refinery
CO₂ captured
190,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
94.5%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
18.0%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$100.7M
Major Equipment$25.9M
Site Improvements$0.3M
Concrete$0.7M
Structural Steel$3.0M
Ductwork, Insulation, Piping$6.0M
Instrumentation and Electrical$7.9M
Painting$0.2M
Freight$2.5M
Design Allowance$6.2M
Labor$48.1M
▸Indirect Field Costs$60.9M
Indirect Labor$15.9M
Indirect Materials$12.5M
Engineering$22.7M
Project Development (FEL 2 and 3)$9.7M
▸Contingency & Escalation$48.3M
Contingency$39.5M
Escalation$8.8M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$29.4M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$239.4M