Carbon Capture Project Economics: Recent Trends, Regional Differences, and Cost Pathways
Natasha Tyrina is a senior analyst on Wood Mackenzie’s CCUS research team, focusing on US project analysis, regional market trends, policy developments, and industry forecasts. She also supports valuation modeling for North American CCUS projects.
Previously, Natasha spent over ten years as a commodity market analyst in Wood Mackenzie’s Metals and Mining team, specializing in tradeflow modeling and price forecasting. She began her career as a modeling geologist building site-specific models for metals and coal deposits.
Carbon Capture Project Economics: Recent Trends, Regional Differences, and Cost Pathways
A market-analyst view of what carbon capture projects actually cost today — why capture, transport and storage economics diverge so sharply by region, where inflation and supply-chain competition are still biting, and which policy and incentive frameworks decide whether a project reaches FID.
- Analyzing key drivers behind regional cost divergences across capture energy requirements, transport logistics, and site-specific storage options
- Evaluating global cost pressures, inflation dynamics, technology maturation, and supply chain competition to identify pathways for cost reduction
- Assessing how regional policy frameworks and financial incentives define project economics and dictate commercial deployment decisions










