China is increasingly relying on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to reduce CO₂ emissions and enhance oil recovery to achieve its net-zero target while maintaining current oil and gas production.

Yuan Shiyi of the Chinese Academy of Engineering told the 7th International Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Forum in Beijing last week that CCS is the only solution to decarbonise fossil fuel production and China will need to cut up to 400 million tonnes of CO₂ by 2030 through CCS technology to achieve peak CO₂ emissions that year.