Gulf Cryo Nearly Doubles CO₂ Production Capacity, Securing Long-Term Availability Across the GCC
- Regional CO₂ production capacity set to reach more than 470,000 metric tonnes annually by the end of 2026, with the flexibility to scale to around 750,000 MT annually.
- Production anchored across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, strengthening local availability and supporting neighboring GCC markets.
- Multi-source regional production, storage and distribution network strengthens supply resilience and reduces reliance on any single source.
September 3, 2026 – Gulf Cryo, the region's largest provider of liquid CO₂, announced that it is on track to significantly expand its regional CO₂ production capacity from 700 metric tonnes per day (MTPD) today to 1,300 MTPD by the end of 2026, equivalent to more than 470,000 metric tonnes annually.
The expansion is built on a series of long-term carbon capture and recovery projects across the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, reinforcing Gulf Cryo’s ability to meet current and future market demand while ensuring reliable CO₂ supply across multiple industries.
Each core market is secured by local production, while Gulf Cryo’s regional network provides additional supply resilience across the GCC. By the end of 2026, capacity will stand at 200 MTPD in the UAE, 750 MTPD in Saudi Arabia and 350 MTPD in Kuwait; equivalent to around 73,000, 274,000 and 128,000 metric tonnes annually.
These production hubs also support supply to neighboring markets, including Qatar, Bahrain and Oman, strengthening availability across the GCC during periods of peak demand, plant turnarounds or upstream disruption.
Beyond the 1,300 MTPD secured by the end of 2026, Gulf Cryo has access to a further 750 MTPD of regional capacity from existing facilities, which can be activated as market demand requires, taking total available capacity beyond 2,000 MTPD, equivalent to approximately 750,000 metric tonnes annually.
"We have built our CO₂ supply capacity to meet local and regional demand today and secure future requirements," said Sami Huneidi, Executive Committee Member responsible for Investments at Gulf Cryo. "As the region's largest provider of liquid CO₂, our strategy is to build strong local production capabilities while maintaining the flexibility and backup of our wider regional network."
"We will continue to invest ahead of demand, leveraging our regional scale and operational efficiencies to provide customers across the GCC with a reliable and cost-efficient CO₂ supply," he concluded.
Today, Gulf Cryo operates across 10 countries, with over 50 production sites and one of the region's largest industrial, medical and specialty gas distribution networks. Its CO₂ supply model is built on multiple production sources, strategic storage infrastructure, and an integrated distribution network designed to ensure proximity to customers and resilience during market disruptions.
Gulf Cryo also operates one of the region’s largest fleets of cryogenic tankers and maintains strategic bulk storage at multiple locations, allowing customers in every major GCC market to be served from more than one supply source.
The company’s integrated value chain, spanning carbon recovery, purification, distribution, and downstream utilisation, combined with its economies of scale and regional footprint, supports a circular carbon economy while enabling the company to provide a reliable and cost-efficient CO₂ supply across the GCC.