CO₂ transport & storage
Pipelines, ships and injection wells that move CO₂ into saline formations or depleted reservoirs; the Institute counts 266 dedicated transport and storage projects
5 leading companies in co₂ transport & storage, one segment of carbon capture — Capturing CO₂ from smokestacks and the air, then storing or using it — 68 Mtpa operating worldwide, subsidy-led
new market segment · researched 2026-11-14
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Leading co₂ transport & storage companies
5 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.
| Company | Where | What they do | Scale |
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| ExxonMobil XOM ↗ | Spring, United States | CCS transport and storage for third-party emitters on the US Gulf Coast, using the CO₂ pipeline network it acquired with Denbury | CCS commitments (incl. up to 6.7 Mt/yr third-party contracted, 7.5 Mt/yr Baytown pending FID): 14 Mt CO₂ per year (more than) (2025) ↗ |
| Northern Lights ↗ | Stavanger, Norway | Open-access CO₂ shipping and North Sea storage service; operating since 2025 and receiving CO₂ from Brevik and other emitters | — |
| Shell (Quest, Polaris) SHEL ↗ | London, United Kingdom | Operates the Quest CCS project at the Scotford upgrader in Alberta (since 2015). Polaris capture at Scotford reached FID in June 2024; it is co-owner of Northern Lights | Quest capture capacity: 1 Mt CO₂ per year (2023) ↗ |
| Entropy Inc. ↗ | Calgary, Canada | Develops modular capture plus transport and storage projects in Alberta (Glacier gas plant; Bow Valley Carbon Hub with Inter Pipeline, est. 5 Mtpa; Grande Prairie hub, est. 3.3 Mtpa) | — |
| Oil Sands Alliance (Pathways Project) ↗ | Canada since 2022 | Proposes the Pathways CCS network: over 650 km of CO₂ pipeline from oil sands facilities to a storage hub near Cold Lake, Alberta | — |
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In Canada
- 2024-08Shell took FID on 26 June 2024 on Polaris at Scotford, Alberta (about 650,000 t CO₂/yr), with the Atlas Carbon Storage Hub (with ATCO EnPower). Both are expected to begin operating in late 2028. ↗
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The carbon capture market
The whole market this segment sits in.
operating CO₂ capture capacity · world68
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Quick answers
- What is co₂ transport & storage?
- Pipelines, ships and injection wells that move CO₂ into saline formations or depleted reservoirs; the Institute counts 266 dedicated transport and storage projects. It is one segment of the carbon capture market.
- Who are the leading co₂ transport & storage companies?
- ExxonMobil (United States), Northern Lights (Norway), Shell (Quest, Polaris) (United Kingdom), Entropy Inc. (Canada), Oil Sands Alliance (Pathways Project) (Canada).
- Which co₂ transport & storage companies are publicly traded?
- ExxonMobil (XOM), Shell (Quest, Polaris) (SHEL).
- Which Canadian companies are in co₂ transport & storage?
- Entropy Inc., Calgary; Oil Sands Alliance (Pathways Project).
- How big is the carbon capture market?
- For the whole carbon capture market, not this segment alone: operating CO₂ capture capacity (world) 68 Mt CO₂ per year (Mtpa), 2026 — Global CCS Institute.