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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
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M
Module Shop Fabrication$16.3M
Site Installation$23.9M
Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps$230.3M
Piping materials, ductwork, racks$59.3M
Civil materials, concrete, site materials$49.7M
Structural steel materials$19.7M
Electrical materials and equipment$39.6M
Instruments and automation hardware$8.9M
Insulation materials$1.0M
Paint and coatings$0.1M
Freight, heavy lift, hauling$18.0M
All field installation labor$149.1M
Major Equipment$31.6M
▸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
CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant
CO₂ captured
1,460,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
35MW
CO₂ concentration
4.3%mol%
▸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
Mustang Station Power Plant
CO₂ captured
853,644t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
52.0%
Parasitic load
46MW
CO₂ concentration
3.8%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$384.1M
Solvent Pumping and Conditioning$56.0M
Absorber$37.0M
Wash Water System$33.9M
Buildings & Facilities$31.8M
Process Utilities$29.7M
CO2 Compression Equipment$24.2M
Flue Gas Systems$21.6M
Solvent Reclaiming$19.6M
Spare Parts, First Fills, Commodity Freight$18.1M
Stripper, CO2 Conditioning$17.4M
Steam Generation$15.2M
Solvent Heat Exchangers$9.5M
Solvent Storage$6.5M
E&I Infrastructure$63.5M
▸Indirect Field Costs$209.7M
Indirect Field Costs$93.1M
Contractor’s Profit$60.1M
Engineering$37.0M
Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)$19.5M
▸Contingency & Escalation$104.6M
Contingency$104.6M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$28.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$726.4M