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CARBON-CAPTURE5 MIN READ

Frame the capture job before the technology

Classify a carbon-capture decision by uncertainty before selecting a technical response.

The move: name the decision context before choosing the tool. Carbon-capture decisions often look technical because the hardware is visible. That can hide the real uncertainty. A heat-integration study may be a complicated engineering problem: get qualified people, compare options, and test assumptions. A storage-hub partnership may be complex: parties learn as contracts, public concerns, pore-space access, and liability expectations evolve. A compressor shutdown during commissioning is closer to chaotic: first stabilize the system, then analyze. Cynefin works because it prevents category errors. In an obvious domain, you standardize. In a complicated domain, you analyze. In a complex domain, you…

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