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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

· 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

CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)· 2020-09-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,460,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.0%

Parasitic load

35MW

CO₂ concentration

4.3%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$444.7M

Earthwork & Civil—

Concrete—

Structural Steel—

Capture Plant Equipment—

Utilities Equipment—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Piping—

Electrical and Control Systems—

Scaffolding, Painting, Insulation—

Modularization—

Procurement, Taxes & Duties—

Pre-commisioning and Startup—

▸Indirect Field Costs$206.3M

Indirect Field Costs—

Home Office—

EPC Fees—

▸Contingency & Escalation$96.0M

Escalation—

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$47.8M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$794.8M

Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in Kraft, Multi-fuel Boilers & Lime Kiln

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,946,575t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.9%

Parasitic load

31.4MW

CO₂ concentration

15.7%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$385.8M

Recovery Boiler: booster fan and ductwork—

Lime Kiln: booster fan and ductwork—

Multi-fuel boiler: booster fan and ductwork—

Steam turbine island modifications—

Auxiliary boiler modifications—

Waste waster treatment—

Common flue gas stack—

Direct Contact Cooler—

Amine absorber section—

Amine circulation system—

Stripper section—

CO2 Compression and dehydration—

Auxiliaries—

Other direct material cost—

Construction—

EPC and other costs—

▸Indirect Field Costs—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation$38.6M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction$62.9M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$45.5M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$532.7M