Oil India to capture CO2 emissions from Rajasthan natural gas field, store in dry wells

New Delhi: Oil India is working on a plan to capture carbon dioxide emitted from its natural gas field in Rajasthan and store it in some of the nearby dry wells, in what could be one of the first such projects in the country. “As part of our net zero plan for 2040, we have identified a lot of initiatives,” Oil India chairman Ranjit Rath told ET.

Carbon sequestration is one of those initiatives, which Oil India is well placed to undertake as it has deep knowledge of the subsurface and has access to many not-so-successful wells that could be used to store CO2, he said. The company’s field in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, produces gas with about a quarter of CO2 content. The company is planning to set up a gas sweetening plan, where CO2 will be stripped, rendering the gas from the field more valuable for customers, Rath said.