Room to grow: Mapping carbon capture projects in the Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is well-positioned to become a global leader in carbon management due to its existing technical expertise, financial resources, and geologic storage capacity. While current project numbers are low compared to the U.S. and Europe, the region has significant potential to scale up carbon capture to reduce industrial emissions and produce zero-carbon fuels like hydrogen and ammonia.

• The MENA region possesses several advantages for advancing carbon management, including existing experience with the technologies, significant financial resources, large geologic storage sources, and sub-surface expertise.
• A tracker by the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) identifies 10 total carbon management projects in the MENA region, five of which are currently operational.
• The current number of projects in the MENA region is small relative to those announced in Europe and the U.S., and small compared to the region's estimated storage capacity of at least 492 Gt CO2, though the document notes a lack of reliable storage capacity estimates.
• To build a carbon management economy, CATF recommends that MENA governments implement long-term decarbonization modeling, establish CO2 transport and storage infrastructure regulations, permit large-scale storage sites, and create investable business models for cluster networks.

APA

Azadegan, O. (2022). Room to grow: Mapping carbon capture projects in the Middle East and North Africa. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2022/03/room-grow-mapping-carbon-capture-projects-middle-east-north-africa/

Chicago

Azadegan, Olivia. Room to grow: Mapping carbon capture projects in the Middle East and North Africa. Clean Air Task Force, 2022. https://www.catf.us/2022/03/room-grow-mapping-carbon-capture-projects-middle-east-north-africa/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{azadegan2022room, author = {Azadegan, Olivia}, title = {{Room to grow: Mapping carbon capture projects in the Middle East and North Africa}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2022}, month = mar, url = {https://www.catf.us/2022/03/room-grow-mapping-carbon-capture-projects-middle-east-north-africa/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }