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FutureScaleX - Building pipelines: the key to achieving CCS success in Asia

 

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 World Pipelines,

Kevin Pang, FutureScaleX, examines the role of CO2 transport infrastructure as the critical missing link for effective, large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment in Southeast Asia (SEA) and the wider Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

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