The facility is delivered under a 20-year agreement between Gulf Cryo and Petro Rabigh
Petro Rabigh, one of the largest integrated refining and petrochemical facilities in Saudi Arabia, and Gulf Cryo, a leading provider of industrial, medical, and specialty gases in the region, announced the inauguration of a new carbon capture and utilization facility, located in the Kingdom’s Western Region.
Under a long-term strategic partnership spanning over 20 years, which was initially signed in March 2022, Gulf Cryo designed, constructed, and operated an advanced carbon capture plant at Petro Rabigh’s Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) plant, which is located at the Red Sea town of Rabigh, north of Jeddah.
The project is considered the first carbon capture plant in Saudi Arabia’s western region dedicated to the merchant market and the second in the Kingdom, according to a press communique.
Reduction in carbon emissions
The new facility captures 300 metric tons of CO2 per day directly from the MEG plant. This will result in the reduction of 100,000 metric tons per annum of carbon emissions at the source from the MEG plant, representing an 85% reduction in its total annual CO2 emissions footprint.
The captured CO2 will be purified to a high-purity food-grade level by Gulf Cryo and transported in liquid form for re-use. Petro Rabigh will utilize part of the CO2 stream internally.
At the same time, Gulf Cryo will supply the remainder to other industries across the Kingdom, including water desalination and mineralization, food preservation and transport cooling, agriculture, beverage carbonation, and ready-mix concrete.
Unwavering commitment
“Through this pioneering initiative under our strategic partnership, we are demonstrating an unwavering commitment to significantly reducing emissions over the long term. This directly supports the Kingdom’s ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2060,” stated Othman Al-Ghamdi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Petro Rabigh Co.,
“This landmark project anchors our leading position in CCUS solutions in the region and marks our first carbon capture project in the Kingdom. It underscores the importance of managing the full CO2 value chain; we reduce emissions at source while utilizing the recovered CO2 as a vital resource to help decarbonize supply chains of various industries,” remarked Abdul Salam Al Mazro, Vice Chairman, Gulf Cryo.
