Chevron, Occidental Invest In Bill Gates-Backed CO2 Removal Technology

摘要

The Chevron and Occidental deal marks the first significant investment by energy groups into the technology developed by Carbon Engineering, a Bill Gates-backed start-up based in Canada. Oil majors Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) and Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) are taking a minority stake in a Canadian start-up that has developed technologies to suck CO directly from the atmosphere and use it to make synthetic fuel. The deal marks the first significant investment by energy groups into the technology, known as direct air capture, which pulls CO from the atmosphere by using chemicals and fans.