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N. America's old pipelines seek new life moving carbon in climate push

Reuters · Rod Nickel, Liz Hampton and Nia Williams · last updated

Feb 23 (Reuters) — North American oil and gas pipeline companies are gearing up to compete for a budding market moving greenhouse gases to carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects — by building new pipelines to transport carbon dioxide or giving new life to old, under-used ones.

Utilities, chemical makers and oil refiners are counting on CCS to allow them to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions by burying them underground, to help them meet climate change goals.

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