Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) and Gulf Cryo have launched a new carbon capture and utilisation facility located within its production complex in Rabigh.

The project agreement was signed in March 2022, to design, construct, and operate an advanced carbon capture plant at Petro Rabigh's Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) plant.

The new facility captures 300 metric tons of CO2 per day directly from MEG plant, representing 85% reduction in its total annual CO2 emissions footprint. The captured CO2 is equivalent to the sequestration capacity of approximately 360 thousand Mangroves Trees. By preventing the release of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, the project supports Saudi Arabia's target of achieving net zero emissions by 2060 under Vision 2030 and in alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The captured CO2 will be purified to a high-purity for other productive uses including water desalination, food and beverage carbonation, agriculture and in ready mix concrete.

"Through this pioneering initiative under our strategic partnership with Gulf Cryo, we are demonstrating an unwavering commitment to significantly reducing emissions over the long term," Eng. Othman Ali Al-Ghamdi, President & CEO, Petro Rabigh, said in his X post.