Technical progress and application of global carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage cluster

By systematically reviewing the development status of global carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) cluster, and comparing domestic and international CCUS industrial models and successful experiences, this study explores the challenges and strategies for the scaled development of the CCUS industry of China. Globally, the CCUS industry has entered a phase of scaled and clustered development. North America has established a system of key technologies in large-scale CO₂ capture, long-distance pipeline transmission, pipeline network optimization, and large-scale CO₂ flooding for enhanced oil recovery (CO₂-EOR), with relatively mature cluster development and a gradual shift in industrial model from CO₂-EOR to geological storage. The CCUS industry of China has developed rapidly across all segments but remains in the early stage of cluster development, facing challenges such as absent business model, insufficient policy support, and technological gaps in core areas. China needs to improve the policy support system to boost enterprises participation across the entire industrial chain, strengthen top-level design and medium- to long-term planning to accelerate demonstration projects construction for whole-process CCUS clusters, advance for a full-chain technological system, including low-cost capture, pipeline optimization and EOR/storage integration technologies, and strengthen personnel training, strengthen discipline construction and university-enterprise research cooperation.