Carbon Sequestering Pipelines

'ADM,' the United States-based multinational food and commodities trading company, has announced a new partnership with 'Wolf Carbon Solutions' where the two will construct an ADM pipeline across the midwest in Iowa and Illinois. This pipeline will be 350 miles long and will connect its plants located in Cedar Rapids and Clinton to its sequestration site located in Decatur, Illinois.

The plan for the pipeline was made with the combination of ADM's sequestration expertise and Wolf Carbon Solutions' carbon capture and pipeline transportation expertise. The two companies will be able to transfer 12 million tons of liquified CO₂ from across the midwest to a sequestration site to be repurposed. This does not include only liquified CO₂ from ADM plants, as the pipeline will contain "spare capacity to serve other third-party customers" who have a similar carbon-capturing use for it.

While this pipeline has not yet been approved by the relevant state entities, it is not the first proposed carbon-reducing pipeline proposed in the midwest in recent years, and it will likely gain approval if the positives are demonstrated clearly.

Image Credit: ADM headquarters, Decatur, Illinois