"The story of CCUS has largely been one of unmet expectations: its potential to mitigate climate change has been recognised for decades, but deployment has been slow and so has had only a limited impact on global CO₂ emissions."

By July 2024, commercial-scale CCS was in operation at 44 plants worldwide. Sixteen of these facilities were devoted to separating naturally occurring CO₂ from raw natural gas. Seven facilities were for hydrogen, ammonia,