Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week: ADNOC to trial tech that mineralises C02

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week: ADNOC to trial tech that mineralises C02

UAE’s ADNOC is partnering with Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation (FNRC), Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and 44.01 to trial technology that permanently mineralises carbon dioxide (CO2) within rock formations found in Fujairah. The announcement was made at the ongoing Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023. The project, due to commence this month, will use 44.01’s Earthshot prize-winning carbon capture and mineralisation (CCM) technology to eliminate CO2 from the atmosphere, reported the state news agency . It will be the first CCM project by an energy company in the Middle East. Sophie Hildebrand, CTO at ADNOC, said, “Across ADNOC, we are committed to finding new ways to decarbonise our operations, while meeting our responsibility to supply vital energy to the world. As the first energy company in the region to run a carbon-negative project of this kind, this pilot marks the latest step in our $15bn investment into projects that will reduce our carbon footprint and help us achieve our Net Zero by 2050 ambition.” Fujairah has been selected for this pilot as it has an abundance of peridotite, a form of rock that naturally reacts with CO2 to mineralise it. Muhammad Saif Al Afkham, chairman of the Board of