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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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CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)· 2020-09-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,460,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
35MW
CO₂ concentration
4.3%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$444.7M
Concrete$51.1M
Structural Steel$19.1M
Capture Plant Equipment$104.7M
Utilities Equipment$58.5M
CO2 Compression Equipment$20.1M
Piping$69.4M
Electrical and Control Systems$47.2M
Scaffolding, Painting, Insulation$22.1M
Modularization$1.1M
Procurement, Taxes & Duties$26.0M
Pre-commisioning and Startup$5.8M
Earthwork & Civil$19.4M
▸Indirect Field Costs$206.3M
Indirect Field Costs$91.9M
Home Office$47.8M
EPC Fees$66.5M
▸Contingency & Escalation$96.0M
Escalation$39.0M
Contingency$57.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$47.8M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$794.8M

Linde / Port Arthur Facility

Hydrogenpre-FEED· Linde· 2023-12-04Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,435,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
92.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
16.2%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$489.9M
Construction$332.2M
Materials Cost$157.7M
▸Indirect Field Costs$37.5M
Engineering$37.5M
▸Contingency & Escalation$86.6M
Project Contingency$46.0M
Process Contingency$40.6M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$41.7M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$701.6M

Linde Hydrogen Plant

Hydrogenpre-FEED· Praxair· 2022-11-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,360,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
18.3%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$327.0M
Carbon Capture Plant$110.0M
Construction$217.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$32.0M
Engineering$32.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$81.0M
Project Contingency$29.0M
Process Contingency$52.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$10.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$481.5M