Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- In a significant step towards advancing carbon capture and storage technology in India, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and IIT Bombay have finished drilling a well to store CO2 underground on testing basis. The field of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by preventing carbon from entering the atmosphere, by either storing captured CO2 deep underground or converting it into products like fuel or building materials. The collaboration began in November 2022 and brought together NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance), the research and development arm of NTPC, and the Department of Earth Sciences at IIT Bombay. The teams identified and mapped methane-rich coalfields, to estimate the potential for storing CO2 in four major coalfields across the country. Building on this work, NTPC and IIT Bombay launched a dedicated drilling operation for potential CO2 storage in September 2025.The project team plans to carry out CO2 injection and monitor the movement of the injected gas using these two wells....