Gulf Cryo joined forces with Petro Rabigh to set up a new CCU facility in Saudi Arabia

Gulf Cryo and Petro Rabigh have recently inaugurated a new carbon capture and utilization (CCU) facility in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. This development is the result of a strategic partnership spanning 20 years and represents the first carbon capture plant for the merchant market in the western region of the country, and the second overall in the Kingdom.

The facility has the capacity to capture 300 metric tonnes of CO2 daily. Gulf Cryo will be responsible for purifying the captured CO2 to food-grade quality and transporting it in liquid form for reuse, while Petro Rabigh intends to use a portion of the CO2 stream in its operations.

The operation of the facility is expected to extend benefits to various industries throughout the Kingdom, including water desalination, food preservation, agriculture, beverage carbonation, and concrete production, which could all potentially use the CO2.

The carbon capture plant, designed, constructed, and operated by Gulf Cryo, is located at Petro Rabigh’s Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) plant in Rabigh, near Jeddah. Abdul Salam Al Mazro, Vice-Chairman of Gulf Cryo, remarked on the project, noting its role in their entry into carbon capture in Saudi Arabia and emphasizing the management of CO2 emissions and utilization.

The project aligns with Saudi Arabia’s goal to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2060 as outlined in Vision 2030 and is in step with several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Othman Al-Ghamdi, President and CEO of Petro Rabigh, stated the strategic priority of reducing the company's carbon footprint, with this initiative being a part of the effort to reduce emissions.

Gulf Cryo and Petro Rabigh have launched Saudi Arabia's first carbon capture facility in the Western Region, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and support industries with captured CO2.

According to the article by Procurement Resource, Gulf Cryo and Petro Rabigh have launched Saudi Arabia's first carbon capture facility in the Western Region, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and support industries with captured CO2.