SPOKANE, Wash. — February 12, 2026 — Leads & Copy — CarbonQuest, a distributed carbon capture technology provider, has reached four milestones, including its first potential carbon sequestration project, demonstrating its technology’s viability on gas processing compressors.
CarbonQuest, along with Canadian partner Cielo Carbon Solutions and New Zealand partner Captivate Technology, has a contract with Tourmaline Oil to install CarbonQuest’s distributed carbon capture (DCCS™) technology on a natural gas compressor at the Tourmaline Banshee facility outside Edson, Alberta.
The project marks CarbonQuest’s first deployment of its technology on natural gas compression engines and its first project in Canada, and it represents the first integration of metal-organic framework (MOF) adsorbents from Captivate Technology into CarbonQuest capture units.
Captivate Technology’s MOF will be integrated into a CarbonQuest system to optimize carbon capture and improve energy efficiency. The captured CO2 will likely be transported a short distance by pipeline for permanent underground sequestration in Alberta.
CarbonQuest CEO Shane Johnson said Tourmaline’s selection of the company as a technology partner validates its technology. He added that the company’s distributed carbon capture technology is suited for natural gas compressors found at gas processing facilities.
Johnson noted that the integration of Captivate’s MOF and Cielo’s Canadian presence provides an opportunity to expand CarbonQuest’s North American footprint.
Half of the $4,100,000 funding is provided by the Alberta government. Cielo Carbon Solutions CEO Johnathon Sipos thanked Emissions Reductions Alberta, the NGIF, and the government of Alberta for supporting the project with funding. Sipos also stated that sequestering carbon in Alberta promotes both economic prosperity and environmental stewardship, and he hopes to see more CO2 injection wells developed in Canada.
Captivate Technology CEO Shane Telfer said the project tests the company’s proprietary metal-organic framework (MOF) in a commercial setting. He added that it enables the company to demonstrate how advanced adsorbent materials can revolutionize carbon capture processes, and that it represents the first step in its cooperation with CarbonQuest to develop MOF-based carbon capture projects.
Tourmaline Director of Emissions and Innovation Scott Volk said the company has been advancing its CCS initiatives since 2021 to reduce its corporate emission intensity, including piloting CarbonQuest’s technology for its practical natural gas focused solution. Volk added that Canada’s geographic position is beneficial for exports to international markets, and that Canada has an abundant supply of lower-carbon-intensity natural gas to share.
CarbonQuest delivers modular solutions that capture CO2 from emissions sources and onsite power generation systems. The captured CO2 is either liquefied and transported to local businesses for utilization or sequestered permanently underground.
Cielo Carbon Solutions is the Canadian channel partner to CarbonQuest. Cielo’s team is focused on greening the use of natural gas through CCUS.
Captivate Technology uses a recyclable adsorbent to sieve carbon dioxide from emission sources. Its MOF material is engineered for carbon capture and integrates with any downstream utilization technology.
Tourmaline is focused on long-term growth through exploration, development, production and acquisition in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
Source: CarbonQuest
