US oil and gas company ExxonMobil reached a carbon capture and storage agreement with Nucor Corporation, one of North America’s largest steel producers, according to a statement by ExxonMobil on Thursday.
Aiming to help industrial customers reduce their emissions, the company expects to capture, transport and store up to 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year from Nucor’s manufacturing site, where direct reduced iron (DRI), a raw material used to make high-quality steel products, is produced in Convent, Louisiana.
The project is expected to start in 2026 and supports Louisiana’s objective of reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
'Our agreement with Nucor is the latest example of how we are delivering on our mission to help accelerate the world's path to net zero and build a compelling new business,' Dan Ammann, president of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions, was quoted as saying in the statement.
It is ExxonMobil’s third carbon capture deal in the past seven months, following agreements with US-based Linde, an industrial gas company, and CF Industries, a maker of agricultural fertilizer.
A milestone for ExxonMobil, the Nucor project brings the total carbon dioxide transported and stored for third-party customers to 5 million metric tons per year (MTA), equivalent to replacing approximately 2 million gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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