Six proven pathways. Hundreds of reference plants. One mission — applied to India.
Carbon capture is the process of separating CO₂ from industrial flue gases or directly from the atmosphere before it is released — and compressing it for transport to a permanent storage site or for utilisation as a feedstock. It is the only technology that can address the process-specific CO₂ emissions from cement calcination, the fuel combustion emissions from steel blast furnaces, and the generation emissions from coal power stations that cannot be eliminated by electrification or fuel switching alone.
India produces 2.6 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually. More than 60% comes from hard-to-abate industrial sources — steel, cement, coal power, chemicals, oil and gas — where CCUS is not one option among many but the only credible pathway to deep decarbonisation. Australia's Gorgon project, Norway's Sleipner formation, and the UK's Net Zero Teesside cluster have demonstrated that industrial-scale capture is technically proven and commercially operational. NCM's role is to translate that proof into India's context.
The six principal capture pathways — post-combustion, pre-combustion, oxy-fuel combustion, direct air capture, CO₂-enhanced oil recovery, and basalt mineralisation — each have different applicability profiles across India's industrial sectors. NCM's capture advisory begins with identifying the right technology for the right sector and site, then progresses through feasibility, finance, licensing, and execution.
India's annual CO₂ emissions — third largest globally
Target capture volume per year by 2050 across prioritised sectors
Of India's emissions from hard-to-abate industrial sources requiring CCUS
Proven capture technology pathways applicable to Indian industry
Each technology has a distinct applicability profile, cost range, and maturity level. NCM provides independent evaluation of all six for every client engagement — without preference for any single vendor or licensor.
Amine and solvent scrubbing of flue gas — the most widely deployed technology. Applicable to coal power, steel, cement, and chemical plants. TRL 9. Reference plants globally including Boundary Dam (Canada) and Sleipner (Norway).
Explore Technology →Coal gasification and steam methane reforming with CCS — producing blue hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel or feedstock. Highly applicable to India's coal-rich industrial base and emerging hydrogen economy. TRL 8–9.
Explore Technology →Burning fuel in pure oxygen to produce a concentrated CO₂ flue stream — eliminating the need for post-combustion separation. Particularly applicable to cement kilns and power boilers. TRL 7–8 at industrial scale.
Explore Technology →Extracting CO₂ directly from ambient air using solid sorbents or liquid solvents — enabling carbon removal regardless of emission source location. Cost is currently high but falling rapidly. TRL 7. Strategic for India's 2070 net zero.
Explore Technology →Injecting captured CO₂ into depleting oil reservoirs to enhance recovery while permanently storing the CO₂. India's mature oil fields in Gujarat and Rajasthan offer significant EOR potential — generating revenue that improves CCUS project economics.
Explore Technology →Injecting CO₂ into basalt rock formations where it reacts to form stable carbonate minerals — permanent storage without risk of leakage. India's Deccan Traps basalt province is one of the world's largest geological assets for this technology. TRL 6–7.
Explore Technology →Technology selection, capture economics, and NCM's implementation approach for the three sectors that together account for more than 45% of India's total CO₂ emissions.
India produces 125 MT of steel annually — the world's second largest producer. Blast furnace and DRI-EAF routes both offer distinct capture opportunities. NCM's steel capture approach addresses India's unique coal-based DRI dominance and the specific flue gas composition of Indian blast furnaces.
Steel Capture Page →India is the world's second-largest cement producer at 380 MT/year. Up to 60% of cement's CO₂ comes from limestone calcination — an unavoidable chemical process. Oxy-fuel and post-combustion capture are both viable. NCM maps the optimal route for each plant type and location.
Cement Capture Page →India's 210 GW of coal power capacity cannot be retired on a Net Zero timeline without stranded asset costs in the trillions of rupees. Post-combustion retrofit and IGCC pre-combustion routes offer a path to abatement while maintaining energy security through the transition.
Coal Capture Page →Australia is home to the world's largest operational CCUS project at Gorgon, the CO₂CRC Otway Basin research facility — one of the world's most comprehensive subsurface CO₂ storage research programmes — and the Global CCS Institute, headquartered in Melbourne. NCM was founded by professionals who worked across these programmes, and who bring that direct operational experience to every capture advisory engagement in India.
The conditions at Gorgon — high-CO₂ natural gas, high ambient temperatures, remote location, and complex subsurface — share important characteristics with Indian industrial deployments. The lessons from Gorgon's capture and injection operations, both the successes and the challenges, are directly applicable to Indian project design. NCM's capture advisory is built on this hard-won operational knowledge, not on desktop research or licensor marketing materials.
Norway's Sleipner project — the world's first industrial-scale CO₂ storage operation, running continuously since 1996 — provides the definitive proof of concept for geological CO₂ storage at scale. NCM integrates Sleipner's 28 years of monitoring data into its storage risk assessments for Indian projects, giving clients and lenders the confidence that comes from the longest CCUS operational track record on earth.
Whether you are a government body seeking policy advice, an industrial company facing CBAM exposure, or an investor seeking CCUS project opportunities — our team is ready to engage.