Researchers to Seal 100,000 Methane-Leaking Wells in Decade-Long Effort

Edinburgh-based team aims to lock greenhouse gases underground using innovative chemical injection method.

Rockit, a clean tech company at Heriot-Watt University, leads the project with £75,000 in funding from Scottish Enterprise.
The new technique transforms methane-emitting rocks into solid, insoluble mineral seals.
Methane has over 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over 20 years, according to the International Energy Agency.
Reducing methane emissions by 45% by 2030 could help achieve the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C.
The project could prevent millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere annually.