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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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Quest CCS — Scotford Upgrader

Bitumen upgrading — hydrogen productionFEED· Shell· 2021-01-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,200,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
80.0%
Utilization
99.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
15.0%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$483.8M
Construction & Commissioning$372.8M
Capture Facility Components & Procurement$110.9M
▸Indirect Field Costs$183.0M
FEED and Detailed Engineering$183.0M
▸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$666.7M

Nutrien Redwater Nitrogen Operations

AmmoniaFEED· Nutrien· 2024-11-01Project page ↗
CO₂ captured
747,155t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
7.0%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$363.3M
Buildings & Facilities$31.8M
▸Indirect Field Costs$138.4M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$209.5M
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$711.2M

Southern Company / Plant Barry

Compression and Dehydration· Trimeric· 2020-02-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,000,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
—
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
99.0%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$35.7M
CO2 Compression Equipment$10.4M
Equipment installation, instrumentation and controls, piping, electrical, engineering, construction expenses, contractors’ fees, and process and project contingencies$23.8M
Dehydration$1.5M
▸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$35.7M