Session brief

The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is pleased to invite you to the virtual webinar on ‘How Can India Transport CO2 for Underground Storage?’ on 25 May 2026, 1500–1630 IST.

To meet its 2070 net-zero target, India must deploy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)—backed by the government's ₹20,000 crore National CCUS Mission—to mitigate heavy emissions from prolonged fossil fuel reliance, coal gasification, and hard-to-abate sectors like steel and cement. While India possesses a massive 317-gigatonne underground CO2​ storage potential across saline aquifers, basalt formations, and oil/gas fields, these sinks are geographically separated from major emission sources. Building the necessary large-scale pipeline network—the most economical transport method—is heavily hindered by complex, time-consuming land acquisition for Right-of-Way (RoW). This webinar will present a report proposing a practical solution: utilizing existing or planned natural gas pipeline RoW to bypass these delays, followed by expert insights on the challenges and opportunities of establishing India's future CO2​ pipeline network.