AtmosClear BR has selected ExxonMobil to provide carbon dioxide transportation and storage services for its carbon removal project at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge in Louisiana.
ExxonMobil’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) system will be used to transport and permanently store up to 680,000 tonnes/year of biogenic CO2 from AtmosClear’s biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility, with the potential for additional volume.
“With this agreement, we’ve now signed five offtake contracts with Louisiana customers and are continuing to scale our one-of-a-kind CCS system, the largest in the world,” said Barry Engle, president of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions.
The BECCS facility is designed to generate clean energy from biomass while capturing the resulting CO2 emissions. ExxonMobil’s integrated system—including Class VI wells, existing pipelines, and advanced monitoring systems—is designed for efficient, secure, and cost-effective CO2 transportation and storage for AtmosClear’s carbon removal project, which is planned to provide carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits for Microsoft and other customers.
“This agreement is a critical step toward delivering CDR credits to Microsoft under the Carbon Removal Unit Purchase Agreement we signed in March, one of the largest carbon dioxide removal purchase agreements in history to date,” said Dan Shapiro, Fidelis co-founder and CEO. “By leveraging ExxonMobil’s unmatched expertise and mature CCS systems, we can deliver high-integrity carbon removals with strong economic advantages through scalable, cost-efficient operations while ensuring the highest standards of safety and reliability.”