CO280 Solutions has awarded partner SLB and Aker Carbon Capture joint venture (SLB-ACC JV) a contract for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of a large-scale carbon removal project.

The project is focused on a pulp and paper mill on the U.S. Gulf Coast and aims to remove 800,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually. It will also deliver permanent, verifiable and affordable carbon dioxide removals (CDRs).

The concept design for the FEED is based on the SLB-ACC JV’s modularised Just Catch™ 400, a standardised and modular technology that enables the pre-fabrication of carbon capture units. The JV is already delivering both Just Catch™ and Big Catch™ solutions to several industrial sites in the bioenergy, cement, and waste-to-energy sectors.

North America’s pulp and paper industry represents a carbon removal opportunity of up to 130 million tonnes per year. By capturing and storing these emissions permanently, the industrial activity achieves negative emissions as more carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere than is being emitted from the process.

Quoted in a statement issued by the joint venture, CO280 Solutions CEO Jonathan Rhone said, “By capturing and permanently storing biogenic CO₂ at mills, we can unlock a vast carbon removal opportunity in the pulp and paper industry and scale up the CDR market.”

This contract follows recent announcements by the SLB-ACC JV and CO280 Solutions on their collaboration to develop large-scale CDR projects in the United States and Canada pulp and paper industries.