2025: Taking carbon capture and storage from momentum to impact

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been around since the 1970s, but the world is finally starting to sit up and take notice of this powerhouse technology for decarbonizing heavy industry and meeting growing demand for low-carbon products.

In a time where energy demand is enormous AND decarbonization goals are on the global clock, ExxonMobil’s Low Carbon Solutions business is taking big steps to expand and strengthen our CCS operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast — one of the world’s most crucial hubs for energy production and heavy industry.

2025 highlights

In 2025, we reached some important milestones for our CCS operations and laid the groundwork for future scaling.

• First startup - We started up operations to transport and store up to 2 MTA of CO₂ from CF Industries’ Donaldsonville complex in Louisiana, our first CCS project to come online.
• New customers - We contracted with AtmosClear and Lake Charles Methanol II to transport and store up to 2 MTA CO₂ emissions cumulatively from their respective projects in Louisiana. These partnerships bring our CCS portfolio to six customers and ~9 MTA of CO₂ contracted.
• Expanded reach - We grew our portfolio of industries served to include power and methanol, in addition to our previous contracts supporting steel, ammonia, natural gas processing and industrial gases. This demonstrates the wide range of applications that can be transformed by CCS.

Looking ahead to 2026

In the coming year, we plan to begin operations on multiple CCS projects in Texas and Louisiana and expand our capabilities for capturing carbon emissions at industrial sources.

• Next projects - We’re scheduled to start capturing CO₂ from the New Generation Gas Gathering (NG3) natural gas processing facility in Louisiana, and look forward to starting up CCS operations with our customers Linde and Nucor this year as well.
• New markets - We expect to reach a final investment decision by the end of the year for our first Low Carbon Data Center (LCDC). Data demand is growing exponentially in the world today, and ExxonMobil is uniquely able to address this need with a low carbon solution using natural gas power generation, abated by CCS.
• Same commitment - We plan to continue our work to engage with stakeholders at the community, state, and federal levels, being good neighbors in the communities where we operate and proactive participants in permitting and regulatory processes. We want to ensure the important work of CCS application can thrive, expand, and support our communities.

CCS is not new technology, but it’s flown relatively under the radar compared with the attention that production of hydrocarbons commands. Now as the world becomes more aware of the need to reduce emissions, CCS finally has a brighter spotlight and a broader runway to scale up.

We’re in it for the long haul. We see CCS’s limitless potential for improving industries, communities, and the world, and we’re confident that each new contract, each permit, each step is a building block to lowering emissions. CCS is here to stay, and we’re committed to being part of its legacy.