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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

Cementpre-FEED· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2022-06-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

744,235t/yr

Capture efficiency

75.0%

Utilization

90.0%

Parasitic load

36MW

CO₂ concentration

14.9%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$262.6M

Subcontract—

Material—

Construction equipment—

Raw Material Relocation—

Labor—

Process equipment—

▸Indirect Field Costs$123.7M

Project Indirects—

Construction Indirect—

▸Contingency & Escalation$123.9M

Contingency—

Escalation—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$510.2M

CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

· Sargent and Lundy· 2026-01-01Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

2,400,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

74.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

12.8%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M

Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps—

Piping materials, ductwork, racks—

Civil materials, concrete, site materials—

Structural steel materials—

Electrical materials and equipment—

Instruments and automation hardware—

Insulation materials—

Paint and coatings—

Freight, heavy lift, hauling—

All field installation labor—

▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M

Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead—

EPC engineering and detailed design—

▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M

Contingency—

Escalation—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$23.6M

Owner's cost—

Total Capex$849.3M

Linde / Port Arthur Facility

Hydrogenpre-FEED· Linde· 2023-12-04Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,435,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

92.0%

Utilization

90.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

16.2%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$489.9M

Materials Cost—

Construction—

▸Indirect Field Costs$37.5M

Engineering—

▸Contingency & Escalation$86.6M

Project Contingency—

Process Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$41.7M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$701.6M