Italy's first carbon capture and storage project launched

ROME, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Italian energy giant Eni and energy infrastructure company Snam on Tuesday announced that they launched the country's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

The companies, which first announced their joint venture in January 2023, said that they had begun injecting concentrated carbon dioxide (CO2) into a depleted gas field in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Italian city of