The demand.
The world needs to remove billions of tonnes of CO₂ a year by 2050. Today it barely manages 2 billion, almost all from planting trees.
Impact
Closing the carbon removal gap
Permanent, measurable, productive removal, built in the region that framed the circular carbon economy.
The context
Where things stand
The supply.
Permanent, engineered removal runs at just ~ 3.5 million tonnes a year. Against what is needed, that is close to nothing.
The regulations.
Carbon already carries a price across nearly a third of global emissions, and the EU now taxes it at the border. The cost of emitting is only going up.
Sources: State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report, 2026; World Bank State and Trends of Carbon Pricing, 2026; European Commission (CBAM).
Vision 2030
Part of a national ambition
Saudi Arabia is not waiting on climate action. Its Vision 2030 pledges are already backed by real institutions and infrastructure.
Net zero
The Kingdom's target date, with 278 million tonnes of CO₂ cut every year by 2030.
National crediting mechanism
Rewards local projects that cut or remove emissions.
PIF-backed carbon market
Aiming to be one of the world's largest by 2030.
Regional capture hub
Capturing 9 million tonnes of CO₂ a year from 2027, on the way to 44 million by 2035.
MERSAAD builds in step with this: permanent carbon removal and useful materials, made in the Kingdom.
Circular Carbon Economy
Aligned with the Circular Carbon Economy
Saudi Arabia introduced the Circular Carbon Economy framework and championed it at the G20 in 2020. The framework rests on four actions: reduce, reuse, recycle, and remove. MERSAAD works on the remove and recycle pillars, converting carbon into permanent minerals and useful materials. We see this framework as a practical path, and we are building the technology to serve it.
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Direction
The direction of travel
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Deploy in the Kingdom
Put our technologies to work on real projects with industrial and infrastructure partners across Saudi Arabia.
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Scale across the region
Grow deployment through the Kingdom and into the wider Gulf, building removal capacity and driving cost down as volumes rise.
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Build the portfolio
Expand into a full carbon removal portfolio, CarbonLock and SandBind, reaching buyers and markets beyond the region.
Where we are
Built where the science is
MERSAAD is based at Dhahran Techno Valley in the Eastern Province, alongside one of the region's strongest applied research communities. Our work sits next to the KFUPM research campus, the resources our technologies use, and the industries that need them. Everything we depend on is within reach.
- Dhahran Techno ValleyOur base, alongside the KFUPM research campus.
- A research communityDirect access to talent, labs, and partners in carbon and energy science.
- Resources at the doorstepCation-rich brine and abundant sand, the raw inputs our technologies use.
Dhahran Techno Valley, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia