US player’s direct air capture hub moving toward operations

  • Occidental’s first direct air capture (DAC) hub is set to begin capturing carbon dioxide later this year, chief executive Vicki Hollub said Thursday on the company’s quarterly earnings call.
  • Two capture trains at the Stratos facility in Ector County, Texas are “moving over to operations” and have begun wet commissioning with water circulation, Hollub told analysts.
  • The facility is on track to begin operations by the end of the year, Hollub said. It is designed to capture up to 500,000 tonnes per annum of carbon dioxide.

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