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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

Cementpre-FEED· Sargent and Lundy· 2026-01-01Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M
Solvent Reclaiming$19.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M
Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead$54.3M
EPC engineering and detailed design$50.6M
▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M
Contingency$104.0M
Escalation$41.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$23.6M
Owner's cost$23.6M
Total Capex$849.3M

CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2022-06-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
744,235t/yr
Capture efficiency
75.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
36MW
CO₂ concentration
14.9%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$262.6M
Pre-commisioning and Startup$5.8M
▸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

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
Procurement, Taxes & Duties$26.0M
▸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