QatarEnergy has signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Samsung C&T Corporation for a landmark carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project that will serve the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City.
The project will capture and store up to 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) each year, making it one of the largest CCS initiatives worldwide. This development strengthens Qatar’s position as a global leader in large-scale carbon capture and reinforces its commitment to sustainable and responsible energy production.
Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of QatarEnergy, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, emphasized that the new CCS project is a vital part of the company’s long-term emissions reduction strategy and contribution to the global energy transition. QatarEnergy aims to expand its total carbon capture capacity to over 11 million tons annually by 2035.
“By implementing important environmental aspects of QatarEnergy’s sustainability strategy, our CCS projects will enable a significant reduction in Green House Gas emissions and will greatly support Qatar’s National Climate Change Action Plan,” Al-Kaabi stated. “To achieve this, we are pleased to partner with Samsung C&T Corporation, and we look forward to the successful execution of this world-scale project.”
This new project builds upon QatarEnergy’s existing CCS efforts. The company commissioned its first CCS facility in 2019, which has a capture capacity of 2.2 million tons of CO₂ per year. Additionally, the company is developing two more CCS projects to support the North Field East and North Field South expansion projects, which will capture and store 2.1 million tons and 1.2 million tons of CO₂ annually, respectively.