Carbon capture startup Mantel Capture has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with global engineering giant Wood, locking in a strategic partnership aimed at scaling high-temperature carbon capture across heavy industry.

 

Under the agreement, Mantel has named Wood its Preferred Technology Provider for fired equipment integration across upcoming commercial deployments, strengthening a multi-year collaboration already underway.

 

The deal focuses on embedding Mantel’s molten-borate carbon capture system directly into industrial heat infrastructure — including boilers, gas turbines, and once-through steam generators — a move both companies say is key to unlocking large-scale decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors.

 

“Successfully deploying carbon capture in heavy industry requires more than innovative chemistry; it has to work within the realities of how these systems run day in and day out,” said Cameron Halliday, co-founder and CEO of Mantel. 

 

“We’ve spent years working through these complex challenges with Wood, and we trust their team to help bring this into real-world projects as we scale.”

 

Wood is already leading front-end engineering design (FEED) for Mantel’s first commercial project — a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility in Western Canada. Acting as lead integrator, Wood is handling fired equipment design and overall project engineering in coordination with suppliers and site teams.

 

The project is expected to capture approximately 60,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually while producing 150,000 tonnes of high-pressure steam for operations.

 

“In SAGD operations, steam generation is the largest source of CO₂ emissions. By integrating carbon capture directly into the heat source, we are changing the equation entirely,” said Richard Spires, Global Director, at Wood. 

 

“It reduces complexity and opens the door to more efficient system design. Our work with Mantel shows how strong engineering and innovative technology can come together to make decarbonization practical at scale.”

 

Mantel says its system eliminates the need to cool and reheat flue gas — a major cost driver in conventional carbon capture — by capturing CO₂ directly at high temperatures inside industrial processes.

 

The company, backed by investors including Shell, Eni, and bp, says multiple additional deployments are already in development across power, oil and gas, chemicals, pulp and paper, and other heavy industries.