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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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Devon Energy / Jackfish-1 Oil Sands

Natural GasFEED· Devon Energy· 2011-11-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

365,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

8.6%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$71.7M

Major Equipment—

Module Shop Fabrication—

Site Installation—

▸Indirect Field Costs$6.7M

Engineering—

Project Management—

▸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$78.4M

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

Technology Centre Mongstad

CoalLarge Pilot· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2023-08-15Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

5,658,960t/yr

Capture efficiency

70.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

182MW

CO₂ concentration

12.5%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.65B

Coal & Sorbent Handling Equipment Cost—

Coal & Sorbent Prep & Feed Equipment Cost—

Feedwater & Misc. Balance of Plant Systems Equipment Cost—

Pulverized coal-fired boiler Equipment Cost—

Flue Gas Cleanup Equipment Cost—

CO2 Capture System Equipment Cost—

CO2 Compression and Purification Equipment—

HRSG, Ducting & Stack Equipment Cost—

Steam Turbine Generator Equipment Cost—

Cooling Water System Equipment Cost—

Ash/Spent Sorbent Handling System Equipment Cost—

Accessory Electric Plant Equipment Cost—

Instrumentation & Control Equipment Cost—

Improvements to Site Equipment Cost—

Materials Cost—

Labor—

▸Indirect Field Costs$187.0M

Engineering—

▸Contingency & Escalation$418.3M

Project Contingency—

Process Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$507.6M

Financing Cost—

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Other's owners cost—

Total Capex$3.19B