CCS in action

ExxonMobil is partnering with Qatar Energy, which operates the largest CCS facility in the Middle East at Ras Laffan. The facility has the capacity to capture 2.1 million metric tons of CO₂ per year.

ExxonMobil has partnered with other energy companies, including project operator Chevron, in the Gorgon project off the coast of Western Australia. Up to 4 million metric tons of CO₂ per year can be captured here.

ExxonMobil is also evaluating the potential for a CCS hub in South East Australia. The proposed project could capture up to 2 million metric tons of CO₂ per year beginning in 2025, reducing emissions from multiple industries in the Gippsland Basin.

Imperial Oil, majority owned by ExxonMobil, is moving forward with plans to produce renewable diesel at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, using hydrogen with CCS as part of the manufacturing process. Imperial is also a founding member of the Oil Sands Pathway to Net Zero Alliance, which has a goal to achieve net zero emissions from oil sands operations by 2050, starting with a foundational CCS network.

ExxonMobil is pursuing blue hydrogen and CCS projects in England and Scotland in the UK. In December 2021, ExxonMobil signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Scotia Gas Network (SGN) and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) to explore the potential to produce hydrogen with CCS in the Southampton industrial cluster in England. In Scotland, through a joint venture with Shell, ExxonMobil is participating in the Acorn project, which could capture CO₂ emissions from industrial facilities at the JV’s St Fergus gas terminal, as well as ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant, and store them offshore. The project has the potential to capture more than 5 million metric tons per year of CO₂.

ExxonMobil and Petronas, the state-owned energy company of Malaysia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate and jointly explore potential CCS projects in Malaysia.

ExxonMobil is one of 14 companies in the greater Houston area interested in capturing CO₂ emissions from their petrochemical, refining and power generation facilities. The company has also announced plans to build a blue hydrogen production plant and one of the world’s largest CCS projects at its integrated site in Baytown, Texas.

ExxonMobil has entered into an agreement with several European energy companies to explore the development of CCS infrastructure in the Normandy industrial region. The group aims to reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 3 million metric tons per year by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions of more than 1 million passenger cars.

Rotterdam, which is Europe’s largest port, is progressing plans for the Port of Rotterdam CO₂ Transportation Hub and Offshore Storage (Porthos) project, which plans to capture industrial CO₂ emissions and store them in depleted North Sea gas fields. ExxonMobil has signed a joint development agreement to advance its interest in the project.

ExxonMobil is participating in a multi-stakeholder CCS project at the Port of Antwerp, home of Europe’s largest integrated energy and chemical cluster. The Antwerp@C project has the potential to capture 8 million metric tons of CO₂ annually by 2030 – a 50 percent reduction in the area’s CO₂ emissions.

ExxonMobil is assessing the potential for a CCS hub that could capture, transport and store CO₂ created by industrial activity throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

ExxonMobil and Pertamina, the state-owned energy company of Indonesia, are evaluating the potential for large-scale deployment of low-carbon technologies in Indonesia. By jointly examining subsurface data, the companies expect to identify geologic formations deep underground that could be suitable to safely store CO₂.

CNOOC, ExxonMobil, Shell and Guangdong Province have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore a carbon capture and storage pilot project at the Dayawan Industrial Park in Huizhou. It could capture up to 10 million metric tons of CO₂ per year, pending a joint study, and support China’s ambition for carbon neutrality by 2060.