Abu Dhabi's and Masdar have developed the first carbon capture utilisation and storage plant in the Middle East and North Africa region. The project aims to store away up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 each year emitted from Emirates Steel Industries before injecting it into The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company oil reservoirs as a substitute for rich gas. This will free up more natural gas for electricity generation, water desalinisation and other industrial processes. The plant is the first large-scale CCS project in the world to capture CO2 from an iron and steel works.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Masdar have developed the first carbon capture utilisation and storage plant in the Middle East and North Africa region. The project aims to store away up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 each year emitted from Emirates Steel Industries before injecting it into Abu Dhabi's oil reservoirs as a substitute for rich gas. This will free up more natural gas for electricity generation, water desalinisation and other industrial processes. The plant is the first large-scale CCS project in the world to capture CO2 from an iron and steel works.