从中期来看，碳捕集与封存（CCS）被广泛认为是一项关键技术，可减少能源行业向可再生能源发电过渡期间的碳排放，从长远来看，则可从炼油，钢铁，水泥，化工等行业脱碳等行业。据国际能源署（IEA）称，CCS是减少工业直接排放的最重要技术选择，有潜力在2050年之前每年在全球范围内减少2至2.5千兆吨的二氧化碳。地下工程方面的专业知识和一些非常有创意的想法。
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is widely regarded as a key technology in the medium term to reduce carbon emissions from the energy industry during the transition to renewable energy generation, and in the longer term to decarbonise refining, iron and steel, cement, chemical and other industries. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), CCS is the most important technology option for reducing direct emissions from industry, with the potential to mitigate 2 to 2.5 Gigatonnes of CO2 per year globally by 2050. Achieving this target affordably requires a combination of cutting edge expertise in subsurface engineering and some very creative thinking.Heriot-Watt University, along with partners University of Edinburgh and the British Geological Survey (BGS), were the founder members of Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS) in 2005. However, CO2 as an injectant for EOR has been studied at Heriot-Watt University since the 1980s. Many projects have been conducted in collaboration with our partners in SCCS, and we also deliver projects in collaboration with other universities, consultancies and industrial partners. Funding has come from research councils, government agencies and industry, sometimes as one-to-one studies, but mainly through consortia.