SLB and Aker Carbon Capture’s joint venture (SLB-ACC JV) has been awarded a contract by CO280 Solutions to carry out front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a major carbon capture facility at a pulp and paper mill on the U.S. Gulf Coast. This project, which aims to capture 800,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually, will provide permanent, verifiable, and cost-effective carbon dioxide removals (CDRs).
With North America’s pulp and paper industry offering a potential carbon removal capacity of up to 130 million tonnes per year, this initiative is designed to achieve negative emissions by ensuring that more CO2 is removed from the atmosphere than emitted during the production process.
Egil A. Fagerland, CEO of SLB-ACC JV, commented, “This contract marks a significant step in our partnership with CO280 to deliver large-scale carbon capture solutions to the North American industry. We are eager to advance our collaboration with CO280 and their pulp and paper partner through the FEED process.”
The FEED design will utilize the SLB-ACC JV’s modular Just Catch™ 400 technology, which allows for the prefabrication of carbon capture units. The JV is already deploying both Just Catch™ and Big Catch™ technologies at various sites, including those in bioenergy, cement, and waste-to-energy sectors.
Jonathan Rhone, CEO of CO280, emphasized, “Partnerships are crucial for achieving our carbon removal goals before 2030. We are excited about our collaboration with SLB-ACC JV and our efforts to capture and permanently store biogenic CO2 at pulp and paper mills, unlocking significant carbon removal potential and advancing the CDR market.”
This contract follows recent announcements of SLB-ACC JV and CO280’s joint efforts to develop large-scale CDR projects within the pulp and paper industries in the U.S. and Canada. The collaboration also includes a partnership with Microsoft to expand the carbon removal value chain by capturing and sequestering biogenic CO2.