Lower carbon technologies

Overview

The Low Carbon Solutions team is dedicated to accelerating the development of low-carbon technologies that will be instrumental in the energy transition. The path to a lower-carbon future will require industrial facilities to reduce their emissions which is why we are focused on delivering new solutions for our customers’ complex decarbonization targets.

Solutions

Our portfolio is focused on carbon capture and storage, ExxonMobil™ Low Carbon Hydrogen, ExxonMobil™ Low Carbon Ammonia and Mobil™ Lithium. We leverage our core capabilities which include subsurface exploration, carbon capture infrastructure, chemical expertise and industry-leading safe project management.

  • Carbon capture and storage

    ExxonMobil has captured more carbon dioxide than any other company. This expertise could be used to help our customers decarbonize. We know how to do this: We have grown our commitment to transport and store more than 16 MTA1 of captured CO2 across a broad range of hard-to-abate and heavy industries across the Gulf Coast.

    Learn more about our carbon capture and storage technology

  • ExxonMobil™ Low Carbon Hydrogen

    We are also leveraging the corporation’s experience in hydrogen production, which, when coupled with carbon capture and storage is likely to play a critical role in low-carbon energy system. In fact, CO2 associated with production of ExxonMobil™ Low Carbon Hydrogen at Baytown is ~98% captured and sequestered.2

    As an energy source and an energy carrier, hydrogen sits at the intersection of providing the world with the energy it needs and helping society reach its decarbonization goals. ExxonMobil is investing in hydrogen to help reduce emissions at industrial facilities via fuel switching.

    Explore how hydrogen can help power the world

  • ExxonMobil™ Low Carbon Ammonia

    ExxonMobil™ Low Carbon Ammonia is an advantaged carbon reduction solution that leverages our integrated value chain, starting with our lower-emission natural gas from the Permian Basin. We can then capture and sequester CO2 associated with the ammonia production, which further helps customers meet their specific emission goals.

    Our value chain integration allows ExxonMobil to manage emissions across the production process delivering a lower carbon intensity solution.

    Explore more about ammonia

  • Mobil™ Lithium

    Exxonmobil has announced a new investment to extract lithium in North America using technological advances to make a more sustainable product for a growing market. Relying on our foundational expertise in areas like subsurface engineering and chemical processing, we are scaling this production by using Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE), which is expected to have about 2/3 less carbon intensity than hard rock mining.3

    This supply can come from North America, will meet the growing demand our customers are seeing – driven mostly by growth of electric vehicles.

    Learn how ExxonMobil is extracting this critical mineral

    Low carbon solutions

    Our service offering

    There is no singular solution to a lower-carbon future; addressing the climate change challenge will require a range of options depending on your industry needs. Across manufacturing, transportation and power industries, we can work with on how to best apply our portfolio of solutions.

    From discovery to development to deployment, ExxonMobil has the experience along the full energy value chain that is needed to impact how the world uses new energy sources that produce fewer emissions.

    Tomorrow’s solutions require a long-term view of how the world will create the energy it needs, while reducing the emissions that come with production. ExxonMobil is uniquely positioned to help find the solutions that work best for your industry.

    Get in touch

    Let’s talk about how we can help your organization advance in the energy transition.

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    FOOTNOTES:

    1. Includes up to 8.7 MTA for third party customers; up to 7.5 MTA for the Baytown low-carbon hydrogen project, pending FID.
    2. The anticipated benefits of the project include forward-looking statements and are subject to change. A final investment decision for the project is expected in 2025, subject to stakeholder support, regulatory permitting, and market conditions, with start-up planned in 2029. The projected carbon capture and storage capabilities at the Baytown low carbon facility are derived from information provided by a third-party technology integrator selected to deliver a combined hydrogen production and carbon capture solution. For more details, visit ExxonMobil to utilize Topsoe technology for world’s largest low carbon hydrogen facility. Please note, this link directs you to a third-party website not controlled by ExxonMobil, and you will be subject to its terms and conditions. All statements and opinions expressed on that site are solely those of the content provider.
    3. Expected smaller footprint of lithium mining and expected lower carbon and water impacts: EM analysis of external sources and third party life-cycle analyses. a) Vulcan Energy, 2022 https://v-er.eu/app/uploads/2023/11/LCA.pdf, Minviro publication. Grant, A., Deak, D., & Pell, R. (2020). b) The CO2 Impact of the 2020s Battery Quality Lithium Hydroxide Supply Chain-Jade Cove Partners. https://www.jadecove.com/research/liohco2impact. Kelly, J. C., Wang, M., Dai, Q., & Winjobi, O. (2021). c) Energy, greenhouse gas, and water life cycle analysis of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide monohydrate from brine and ore resources and their use in lithium ion battery cathodes and lithium ion batteries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 174, 105762.
    4. Lower emissions cash capex includes cash capex attributable to carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, lithium, biofuels, Proxxima™, Carbon Materials, and activities to lower ExxonMobil’s emissions and/or third party (3P) emissions. Planned spend is from 2025-2030.