Pipeline Giants Plan Carbon-Capture for Alberta Oil Sands (1)

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Two of Canada’s largest pipeline companies plan to develop infrastructure to capture and store more than 20 million tons a year of carbon dioxide as the country’s oil sands industryfaces pressure to deal with its emissions.Pembina Pipeline Corp. and TC Energy Corp. said their proposed Alberta Carbon Grid will include existing pipelines and a new sequestration hub, and will be accessible to industrialcompanies across the region, according to a statement Thursday.The announcement comes a week after several of the biggest oil sands companies unveiled their Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative, which targets net zero by 2050 for directemissions from their operations and indirect emissions from utilities selling power to those companies. Suncor Energy Inc., Canada’s largest oil sands producer, said last month it plans topower its Edmonton refinery using hydrogen made from natural gas that’s been stripped of carbon, which will be stored underground.