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Carbon capture and storage
Much of the world’s rising energy demand will continue to be met by fossil fuels over the next decades. Developing ways to capture and store the CO2 that comes from burning them is essential to help avert serious climate change. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is currently the only technology available to mitigate emissions from large-scale fossil fuel use. Shell is helping to advance CCS through support for projects around the world.
The world’s largest facility for testing and improving CO2 capture opened in May 2012.
The Quest Project will capture and permanently store deep underground more than one million tonnes of CO2 per year from Shell’s Scotford Upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta, which processes heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands.
We are finding innovative ways to help meet rising energy demand, as we make the most of existing resources and develop new energy sources.
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Shell and others are developing technologies to capture CO2 from major industrial plants and store it safely underground.
Shell is involved in a number of CCS demonstration projects around the world, but government support is also needed.