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Saudi Aramco Carbon Capture and

Utilization R&D

Aqil Jamal, Ph.D.

Chief Technologist, Carbon Management Research division

Research and Development Center

March 5, 2018

Saudi Aramco: Company General Use

Who We AreFully integrated energy enterprise

297.6trillionscf of gas reserves

5.4millionbpd global refining capacity

14.6 millionbarrels of oil equivalent capacity

261.1billionbarrels of oil and condensate reserves

12.0millionbpd maximum sustainable oil production capacity


Saudi Aramco TechnologyStrategic intent

In 2020, Saudi Aramco is the world’s leading integrated energy and

chemicals company, focused on maximizing its income, facilitating

the sustainable and diversified expansion of the Kingdom’s

economy, and enabling a globally competitive and vibrant Saudi

energy sector

Oil & Gas Preeminence

Hydrocarbon Value Chain Integration

Kingdom Development

Technology Leader

Adaptive / Proactive

Employer of Choice


Technology LeadershipGlobal Research Centers

Paris

Dhahran

Houston

Aberdeen

Daejeon

(KAIST)

Delft

Detroit

Beijing

Boston

Thuwal

(KAUST)


Global energy growth and fuel share (2015-2040)

As world economy grows (~2x), energy demand also grows at a slower rate

(~30%)

Outlooks make different assumptions: fuel availability, pricing, new

technologies, and environmental policy

Base cases do not reflect major disruptions

Source: Energy Outlooks: BP (2017), Exxon (2017), Shell (2016), OPEC (2016), EIA (2016), IEA (2016)

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Why CCUS?IEA 2DS targets 50% reduction in CO2 by 2040

Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2016

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Where is the opportunity for CCUS?Power & Industry contribute over 50% GHG emissions

Power

IndustryOther energy

industry

Transport

Agriculture & Forestry

Waste

BuildingsOthers

Source: BCG, OPEC 2015 World Oil Outlook

3%5%

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6%

14%

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29%

23%

Focusing on power and industry sectors through CCUS alleviates pressure

on other sectors avoiding more costly carbon reduction options


CCUS IEA 2DS targets versus current status

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Ramp up the scale:

40-100 projects/yr at 2-5 MMtCO2/yr

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Key barriers to CCUS deployment

Barriers

Reduce Capture Cost

Transform CO2 to Value

Enable Storage

Technology Response

Capture

Cost

Market

Mechanisms

Storage

Capacity


Key CO2 capture technologies

CO2 Capture

Technologies

Liquid Solvents

Technology

Type

Technology

Maturity

Technology

Developers

Commercial

Oxy-combustion

R&DSolid Capture

Materials

R&D


CO2 capture technologies roadmap reducing capture cost

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Aqueous Liquid Solvents

TRL = Commercial

Primary Energy Penalty: Solvent Regen.

R&D: New Chemistries, Heat Integration



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TRL = 6-7

Primary Energy Penalty: Solvent Regen.

R&D Plans: tested at bench scale

1 MW pilot SINTEF by 2018



Source: NETL (US DOE) CO2 Capture Cost Targets, 2016

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2025 Novel Solid Capture Materials

TRL = 4-5

Primary Energy Penalty: Thermal/Vacuum

R&D: plan for 1 tpd pilot by ~2020



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2025 Next Gen. Oxy Combustion

TRL = 5+

Primary Energy Penalty: ASU

R&D plans: 50 MW demo pilot by 2018


CO2 capture technologies: oxy-combustionheavy residue oxy-combustion

- Completed 15MWth pilot testing

- Plan for 60 MWth demonstration at a Saudi Aramco refinery with process synergies

Competitive Advantages• Improved combustibility• 50% NOx emissions reduction• Increased performance with atomization

using CO2

• 90% CO2 capture rate (EOR quality)• Retrofit technology P

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Objective: Enable heavy residue combustion with $40/ton CO2 capture costs

Technology demonstrated in GE facility,

Windsor, CT in a first of a kind VR oxy-

firing campaign 1100 bbl, 300 hours.


Gen 1 Concept:

10% CO2 capture

2011

Gen 2 Scale up:

25% CO2 capture

2013

Integrated Demo Truck:

40% CO2 capture (target)

2019

Technology could be competitive on TCO basis

More suited for commercial vehicles (where BEV may not be viable option)

One component of a larger CCUS business model (distributed capture,

gathering, transporting, conversion/storage)

Mobile Carbon Capture

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Barriers

Reduce Capture Cost


Enable Storage

Technology Response

Capture

Cost

Market

Mechanisms

Storage

Capacity


CO2 utilization technologiestransform CO2 to value

Construction

Materials

Chemicals

Fuels

“The carbon-based products industry has the potential to utilize seven

billion metric tons of CO2 emissions per year by 2030 — the

equivalent of approximately 15 percent of annual global CO2 emissions”

- The Global CO2 Initiative, Nov 2016


Aramco Performance Materials – Polyols

Key Features:

Superior Material Performance due to unique polycarbonate backbones

Low Cost/Competitive Position by using waste CO2 that is consistently 90 to

95% less expensive than petroleum based

feedstock

Low Carbon Footprint due to

sequestering CO2 in polymer backbones and

environmental friendly nature

Epoxide

Specialty Polymers (e.g. polycarbonates, polyols)


CO2 conversion research

Focus: Convert CO2 into valuable products to complement storage and

help offset capture costs

Biological route

• Target: CO2 to C3/C4

• Uses solar energy

• High level of product functionalization

Electrochemical route

• Uses water for chemical production

• Single step process

• Scalable, combinable

Photochemical route

• Target: CO2 to Methanol

• Uses solar energy

• Conversion at mild conditions

Mineralization route

• Target: Calcium Carbonate

• Long-term stability

• Partially offsets calcination



Barriers

Reduce Capture Cost


Enable Storage

Technology Response

Capture

Cost

Market

Mechanisms

Storage

Capacity


CO2 storageSaudi Aramco EOR demonstration pilot

• The 1st in the Kingdom

• One of the largest in the middle east

• Captures ~800,000 tons of CO2 per year

• Pipeline: 85 km to injection site



Barriers

Reduce Capture Cost


Enable Storage

Technology Response

Capture

Cost

Market

Mechanisms

Storage

Capacity


Driving fundamental research in CCUS

Mission Innovation CCUS workshop

Organized jointly with MEIM and US DOE

High Impact Publications in 2017

• Sponsored CO2 Chair published in Nature Reviews Materials

• Published with KAUST in Advanced Materials

• Published with KAIST in Nature Communications

• Published with Stanford in Nature Energy


A CEOs led initiative which aims to catalyze practical

actions on climate change through collaboration

CCUS

Commercialization Climate InvestmentCO2 storage

• Market mechanisms • Storage capacity • $0.5B on CCUS

“Accelerating the deployment of carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS).

We are exploring solutions in areas that are currently obstacles for wide-scale deployment of

CCUS: high capital and operating costs, the lack of stable policy support or a clear business

model, and uncertainty around world storage capacity”

Saudi Aramco sustainability technology priorities driving CCUS deployment through international collaborations

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