Canada to study greenhouse gas capture - Reuters

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Canada to study greenhouse gas capture

Thu Mar 8, 7:19 PM ET

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A new task force funded by the Canadian government
and the province of Alberta will study ways to capture and store greenhouse gases
emitted by the province's massive oil sands projects, Prime Minister Stephen
Harper said on Thursday.

The task force will look at methods of capturing carbon dioxide emitted by the oil
sands and other big industries, then pumping it underground into aging oil fields,
where it can help increase output.

"We may be able to collect (carbon dioxide) from our oil sands, our coal-fired
electrical plants and other industrial emitters and pump it deep underground, where
it will remain for eternity," Harper said at a news conference in the provincial
capital, Edmonton.

Some media reports had said the two governments were considering funding for a
multimillion-dollar pipeline to carry the carbon dioxide to oil fields in the south.
However Harper said that is just one of the plans the group will look at.

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