The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

In the world’s first demonstration of carbon mineralization in peridotite, the team injected 1.2 metric tons of dissolved CO into the rock. Image courtesy of 44.01. The need for financing and ...

On December 5, 2023, Oman-based 44.01 announced what it called the world’s first mineralization project that uses seawater to inject CO2 into peridotite rock formations.

For 60 years, scientists have tried to get rock samples of the Earth’s mantle. But the geologic layer below the planet’s crust is incredibly difficult to reach. Scientists believe they’ve ...

Yet, soon after May 1, when they landed their drill in a horizontal fault in the seabed, the researchers extracted a record-breaking core of upper mantle rock that stretched more than 3,280 feet long.

The Abu Dhabi energy giant and its partner for the project, 44.01, permanently mineralized 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) within Fujairah’s peridotite rock formations in under 100 days.

At scale, peridotite mineralisation could eliminate billions of tons of carbon emissions, helping decarbonise vital industries and remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Sophie Hildebrand, ADNOC Chief ...

But the true color of the rock is green. It's peridotite from the upper mantle, 160 million years old. And the kicker is this is not peridotite that came up here in North America.

Carbonate veins in peridotite rock in Oman offer a visual example of the natural process of carbon mineralization. When CO 2 dissolved in rainwater seeps into cracks in the magnesium-rich rock, ...

The initial pilot of 44.01’s Earthshot prize-winning mineralization technology commenced in 2023 and permanently mineralized 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) within Fujairah’s peridotite rock ...