Another ambitious carbon capture venture by Adnoc: Abu Dhabi state oil giant Adnoc announced a strategic partnership with MENA fertilizers firm Fertiglobe — a joint venture between Adnoc and OCI Global — for the pilot deployment of the world’s first cost-effective modular carbon capture unit by UK-based Carbon Clean, Fertiglobe said in a statement (pdf) yesterday. The partnership will see the first deployment of a 10-ton-per-day CycloneCC industrial unit by Adnoc, a separate statement by Carbon Clean said.

What we know: The CycloneCC carbon capture unit, developed by Carbon Clean, will be installed at the Fertiglobe-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ruwais Industrial Complex. The pilot deployment will commence in November, the statement said, with a successful piloting paving the way for the deployment of larger CycloneCC carbon capture units that are being manufactured in the UAE.

Why the tech matters: Conventional point source carbon technology is capital, time, and energy intensive due to a reliance on feeding gas through large absorption and stripping towers where solvent and heat are utilized to separate, capture, and compress carbon dioxide, according to the statement. In contrast, Carbon Clean’s CycloneCC unit utilizes rotating packed bed technology that allows for prefabricated modular carbon capture units that are half the size of traditional units.

What they said: “Across ADNOC, we are exploring every opportunity to decarbonize our operations and leverage technology and partnerships as part of our journey to Net Zero by 2045. Developing and deploying cost-effective carbon capture technologies is critical to achieving our annual target of 10 million tonnes of carbon capture, utilization and storage capacity by 2030,” Adnoc Chief Technology Officer Sophie Hildebrand said.