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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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Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in Kraft, Multi-fuel Boilers & Lime Kiln
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,946,575t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
31.4MW
CO₂ concentration
15.7%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$385.8M
Cooling Water System$39.2M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$38.6M
Contingency$38.6M
▸Interest During Construction$62.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$45.5M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$532.7M
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
Milton R. Young Power Plant
CO₂ captured
4,297,145t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
83.3MW
CO₂ concentration
8.6%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.34B
Earthwork Associated with Carbon Capture$85.0M
Water Supply and Treatment$36.7M
Wastewater$5.0M
Drainage$0.3M
Power Supply$4.9M
Controls & Internet$0.3M
Owner Facilities$2.2M
Impurity Removal and CO2 conditioning$56.0M
Enclosures & Buildings$79.0M
Balance of Plant (Boiler, cooling tower, multipurpose building and substation)$330.0M
Carbon Capture Plant$745.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$61.5M
Project Management$19.9M
Limited Notice to Proceed$8.7M
Services$24.1M
Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)$8.7M
▸Contingency & Escalation$470.0M
Owner's Cost Contingency$22.6M
EPC Contingency$356.3M
Escalation$4.2M
Regional Adjustment for Labor$87.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$71.2M
Spare Parts$10.4M
License fee$10.0M
Insurance$6.6M
Startup$7.1M
Miscellaneous$37.1M
Total Capex$1.95B