Updating Carbon Capture

Scientists at Rice University are calling their newest discovery a breakthrough in carbon capture technology. They've developed a porous material that polymerizes carbon dioxide at natural gas wellheads, preventing the greenhouse gas from reaching the atmosphere. Activated at ambient temperature, the inexpensive reusable material sequesters CO₂ under wellhead pressure and frees the gas when pressure is released. The gas can be pumped back into the well or recovered for other uses with a smaller energy and physical footprint compared with aqueous amine scrubber methods.

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