Point-source carbon capture
Solvent, sorbent or membrane plants that strip CO₂ from refinery, upgrader, gas-processing, cement, fertilizer and power-plant exhaust
7 leading companies in point-source carbon capture, 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
Point-source carbon captureCO₂ transport & storageDirect air captureCO₂ utilisationCarbon-removal credits
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Leading point-source carbon capture companies
7 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.
| Company | Where | What they do | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Svante ↗ | Burnaby, Canada since 2007 | Makes solid-sorbent filters and rotary contactor machines that capture CO₂ from industrial exhaust and from air (formerly Inventys) | Series E financing led by Chevron New Energies: 318 USD millions (the same page also gives US$270M) (2022) ↗ |
| 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) ↗ |
| Heidelberg Materials HEI.DE ↗ | Heidelberg, Germany | Opened Brevik CCS, the first industrial-scale capture at a cement plant (June 2025), and sells evoZero carbon-captured cement | Brevik capture capacity: 400,000 tonnes CO₂ per year (2025) ↗ |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 7011.T ↗ | Tokyo, Japan | Licenses the amine-based KM CDR post-combustion capture process (with Kansai Electric) and supplies process design for capture plants | KM CDR capture plants delivered: 18 plants (2024) ↗ |
| SaskPower (Boundary Dam 3) ↗ | Regina, Canada | Operates the Boundary Dam Unit 3 coal-power capture retrofit (opened Oct 2014, ~C$1.5B after overruns); sells CO₂ for EOR | design capture (90% of unit emissions): 1 Mt CO₂ per year (approx.) (2014) ↗ |
| 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
↗Mt CO₂ per year (Mtpa) · 2026
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Quick answers
- What is point-source carbon capture?
- Solvent, sorbent or membrane plants that strip CO₂ from refinery, upgrader, gas-processing, cement, fertilizer and power-plant exhaust. It is one segment of the carbon capture market.
- Who are the leading point-source carbon capture companies?
- Svante (Canada), Shell (Quest, Polaris) (United Kingdom), Heidelberg Materials (Germany), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan), SaskPower (Boundary Dam 3) (Canada), Entropy Inc. (Canada), Oil Sands Alliance (Pathways Project) (Canada).
- Which point-source carbon capture companies are publicly traded?
- Shell (Quest, Polaris) (SHEL), Heidelberg Materials (HEI.DE), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T).
- Which Canadian companies are in point-source carbon capture?
- Svante, Burnaby; SaskPower (Boundary Dam 3), Regina; 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.