Yanchang blazes trail in carbon capture tech

Asia's first commercial carbon capture and storage project will begin to operate in northwestern China's Shaanxi province next year, said an executive of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd.

Yanchang Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project, with an annual capacity to capture 360,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, is projected to increase the company's oil recovery of low permeability fields by about 8 percent.

CCS captures carbon dioxide emissions generated by power stations and steel companies, then transports and pumps them deep underground. The captured carbon could also be used to produce beverage-grade CO2.