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Energy Transition Glossary

Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Carbon capture and storage is a collection of technologies and services that combine to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground (offshore or onshore), preventing its release into the atmosphere. Shell Catalysts & Technologies offers its customers industry-leading CO2 capture and removal technologies like CANSOLV CO2 and ADIP-X.

The CANSOLV process is suited to selectively remove CO2 from a wide range of low pressure applications. The system has been applied on Claus plant tail gas (CANSOLV TGT+ Process), fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) regenerator off-gas, coker off-gas, spent acid plant tail gas, utility boiler flue gas and a wide range of metallurgical and power applications.

ADIP-X is a gas-treating process for CO2 removal that can be an ideal solution for meeting emissions requirements in both greenfield and brownfield applications. This regenerative-amine based process is suitable for bulk and deep removal of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and CO2 from natural gas, refinery gases, synthesis gas and other process gases, with the main application area being for gases with no requirement for organic sulphur components removal. CO2 can either be removed or slipped when selective removal of H2S is desired.