Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Gas,Oil, and Coal Power Plants in Pakistan by Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): A Review |
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| Authors: | Muhammad Imran Rashid Emad Benhelal Sikander Rafiq |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Engineering and Technology (New Campus), Department of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Material Engineering, 39021 Lahore, Pakistan;2. The University of Newcastle, Discipline of Chemical Engineering, 2308 Newcastle-Callaghan, NSW, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The production of energy in Pakistan as a developing country mainly depends on consumption of fossil fuels, which are the main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These emissions can be mitigated by implementing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in running plants. An overview of the current and future potentials of Pakistan for CCS is provided, indicating a great potential for this technology to capture CO2 emissions. The amine CO2 capture process as the most mature procedure is currently applied in many oil and gas companies in Pakistan, which can be employed to capture CO2 from other industries as well. Pakistan has a great CO2 storage potential in oil, gas, and coal fields and in saline aquifer as well as significant resources of Mg and Ca silicates suitable as feedstock in the carbon mineralization process. For further development and implementation of CCS technologies in Pakistan, economic and policy barriers as the main obstacles should be alleviated. |
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| Keywords: | Carbon capture and storage Carbon mineralization Geological storage Greenhouse gas emissions |
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