Wood Completes FEED for World's Largest CCS Hub in KSA
For FEED delivery alone, Wood utilized around 200 engineers from its projects and consulting groups.
The global consulting and engineering firm Wood has finalized the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of Saudi Arabian Aramco’s first phase of the Accelerated Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ACCS) project. This project is poised to be the largest carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) hub.
The ACCS project is to target cutting emissions by about 66% from Aramco’s gas plant, which is located near Jubail on Saudi Arabia’s east coast, plus cutting emissions from other third parties.
The first of these processes is carbon capture, where emissions are collected and transported through a dense phase CO2 pipeline, developed by Wood Group over 200+ km, which has the capacity to transport 9 million tonnes per year (MTPA) of carbon emissions. By 2027, onshore geological structures must be able to capture and store the following greenhouse gases.
Aramco's vision of the long-term project is to reach a storage capacity of up to 14 MTPA of CO2 equivalent by 2035, which is Saudi Arabia’s target of 44 MTPA in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).
For FEED delivery alone, Wood utilized around 200 engineers from its projects and consulting groups.
In May, Saudi Arabia allocated $2.5 billion to the secretariat of the Middle East Green Initiative in the fight against climate change. The announcement was made by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir during the first "National Afforestation Forum" in Riyadh.
At the forefront of this initiative are the Saudi Green Initiative and the Middle East Green Initiative, spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. These endeavors aim to share the kingdom's expertise and resources with neighboring countries, with a focus on circular carbon economy strategies, desertification mitigation, and extensive afforestation efforts.