SLB Capturi Completes First Industrial-Scale CCS Facility

SLB Capturi, a joint venture of SLB and Aker Carbon Capture, marked a milestone toward efforts to decarbonize the hard-to-abate cement sector with the mechanical completion of the carbon capture plant at cement facility in Norway.

The JV said on Dec. 2 it had completed construction of the carbon capture plant at Heidelberg Materials’ cement facility in Brevik, Norway, and is ready to test and commission the facility. In addition to the carbon capture system, the plant includes a compression system, heat integration system, intermediate storage and loadout facilities.

Heidelberg Materials’ Brevik CCS plant is being described as the world’s first CO₂ capture facility in the cement industry. Designed to capture up to 400,000 metric tons of CO₂ annually, the plant is part of the company’s plans to lower emissions and produce what it calls net-zero concrete, specifically its evoZero cement products.

“The Brevik CCS plant sets a precedent for future carbon capture initiatives, where learnings and insights from this groundbreaking project enable others to follow,” SLB Capturi CEO Egil Fagerland said in a statement.

Next steps for the Brevik plant include commissioning. Operations are expected to begin in 2025.

The cement manufacturing industry is considered a significant contributor of emissions, according to the World Economic Forum. The international non-governmental think-tank said the global manufacturing of cement produced 1.6 billion metric tonnes of CO₂ in 2022, accounting for about 8% of the global CO₂ emissions.