据世界石油网2月25日消息 埃克森美孚公司就扩建怀俄明州拉巴奇的碳捕获设施达成了最终投资决定，该项目预计将于2025年启动，耗资4亿美元。
这家总部位于得克萨斯州欧文的公司在一份声明中表示，该项目每年将捕获多达120万吨的二氧化碳，比目前的水平增加约20%。
埃克森美孚在2020年疫情时推迟了该项目，这意味着该项目的启动将比之前提出的时间晚两年左右。这家石油巨头正感受到投资者对其采取更多措施来减少碳足迹的热情。去年，该公司董事会四分之一的席位被Engine No. 1发起的一场活动所夺走。
位于拉巴奇的项目长期生产天然气和氦气，但大量二氧化碳也作为副产品从其油井中抽出。埃克森美孚目前每年在该地点捕获多达700万吨的二氧化碳，使其成为世界上最大的碳捕获设施之一。其中大部分被出售给附近运营的能源公司，以提高石油回收率，这是一种将二氧化碳注入油气井以提高产量的技术。
该公司表示，该项目将帮助埃克森美孚将其运营的上游资产的温室气体排放量减少3%。
吴恒磊 编译自 世界石油
原文如下：
Exxon to build $400 million Wyoming carbon-capture project after delay
(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. reached a final investment decision on expanding a carbon capture facility at LaBarge in Wyoming with the $400 million project expected to start up by 2025.
The project will capture as much as 1.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year, an increase of around 20% over current levels, the Irving, Texas-based company said in a statement.
Exxon delayed the project when the pandemic hit in 2020, meaning start-up will be about two years behind the previously proposed timeline. The oil giant is feeling the heat from investors to do more to reduce its carbon footprint after losing a quarter of its board to an activist campaign run by Engine No. 1 last year.
LaBarge has long produced natural gas and helium, but large quantities of carbon dioxide are also pumped out of its wells as a byproduct. Exxon currently captures as much as 7 million tons a year of CO2 at the location, making it one of the biggest carbon capture facilities in the world. Much of that is sold to energy companies operating nearby for enhanced oil recovery, a technique where the CO2 is injected into oil and gas wells to improve production.
The project will help Exxon reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operated upstream assets by 3%, the company said.
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