Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Conference 2026

Wood Mackenzie's Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Conference is an annual Houston conference. The firm's CCUS research analysts and senior industry leaders cover investment strategy, project development, carbon storage and carbon removal for project developers, investors, operators and finance professionals.

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Conference 2026

The Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Conference runs October 7–8, 2026 in Houston.

What it is

Wood Mackenzie runs this two-day conference, and 2026 is its 4th annual event. Sessions pair Wood Mackenzie's own CCUS research analysts with senior industry leaders in keynote insights, panels, fireside chats and roundtables. The organizer aims it at "project developers, investors, operators, and decision makers in carbon management, technology, finance, operations, and engineering" who are working to advance carbon capture projects and partnerships across the value chain.

2026 program

Topics the organizer lists for this year include:

• whether CCUS is advancing meaningfully in a geopolitically ruptured and economically uncertain world;
• carbon storage at scale: pore space, proof and the liability horizon;
• post-combustion CCUS in hard-to-abate industries;
• what becomes of BECCS, DAC and other tech- and nature-based carbon removal;
• lessons from CCUS project successes and failures to date.

Day 2 includes roundtable discussions. Examples are clearing the hurdles to final investment decision, and whether a monitoring strategy can attribute and quantify CO₂ migration and leakage.

Schedule and registration

• Day 1 starts with registration and refreshments at 8:00 AM CT and ends with a networking drinks reception from 5:35 to 6:35 PM.
• Day 2 is shorter. Registration opens at 8:30 AM, and the conference closes at 3:20 PM.
• Wood Mackenzie clients and groups of two or more can get discounted rates by contacting the organizer's events team.