Antonio Brufau is committed to science and technology as essential pillars of the energy transition  

• Yesterday, in the Repsol Campus auditorium, the Repsol Foundation in collaboration with the Spanish CO₂ Technology Platform held the "CO₂ Management Technologies" conference, a reference meeting where the management of CO₂ as a key tool in the fight against climate change was analyzed. 

• The event was attended by Antonio Brufau, Repsol chairman, who highlighted the importance of discussing "how the capture, use, and storage of CO₂ can become fundamental pillars — technical, industrial, and strategic — to achieve the decarbonization objectives in Europe and in the world without sacrificing competitiveness or industrial autonomy.”  

• The meeting was attended by Universidad de Barcelona professor, Mariano Marzo, who framed the role of CO₂ management in meeting European climate objectives and in promoting and developing new, more efficient, and scalable solutions.

Yesterday, the "CO₂ Management Technologies" conference was held at the Repsol Campus in Madrid, where experts in the field discussed the challenges and opportunities of these technologies in relation to energy policy, regulation, and investments within a global framework. 

Repsol chairman, Antonio Brufau, said that carbon management "plays an essential role: capture, use, and storage are future solutions.”: "We have to be able, in an efficient and technologically advanced way, to capture, use, and store the carbon there is in the atmosphere based on science and technology." 

“We are facing a global problem. It is time to share advances and build solutions together that allow us, in Europe and our industry, to decarbonize without giving up our future," the Repsol chairman highlighted. 

Professor Mariano Marzo of the Universidad de Barcelona, during his presentation on CO₂ management, highlighted the importance of CCUS (CO₂ capture, use, and storage) due to their great strategic value in mitigating climate change and how they can contribute to the transition towards a net-zero emissions global energy system by 2050. 

Mariano Marzo emphasized the innovation necessary to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and gave the example of nature-based solutions such as Green Engine, engineering solutions, and hybrid solutions between natural and scientific ones. 

During the event, a round table was held moderated by journalist Lara Siscar on "CO₂ capture, use, and storage: Innovative solutions for sectors that are difficult to decarbonize", in which Maruxa Suárez, director of CCUS at Holcim; Aitor Arzuaga, executive managing director of Alba Emission Free Energy (Petronor); José Ignacio Linares, director of the Repsol Foundation Energy Transition Education and Research Program at Comillas-ICAI; Marta González, Commercial and Marketing Lead in Exploration and Production at Repsol, and Fèlix Llovell, director of the Repsol Foundation CO₂ Capture and Use Education and Research Program at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili all took part.  

Afterwards, a debate was held on "Strategies, financing, and regulation of CO₂ capture, transport, storage, and use projects in the EU", in which Pedro Mora, president of PTECO₂; Vicente Cortés, co-founder and honorary president of INERCO; and Ángela Esteban, head of energy transition and climate change at Repsol all took part. 

António Calçada, executive managing director of the Repsol Foundation, closed the event by reaffirming the Foundation's commitment to research and development of low-carbon technologies in collaboration with the scientific and business community.  

António Calçada said that "there will be no energy transition without industrial transformation and as such, all technologies that can reduce CO₂ in the short, medium, and long term are necessary."

The "CO₂ Management Technologies" conference highlighted the need to continue advancing in innovative solutions that allow to accelerate decarbonization, especially in the most technologically complex sectors.  

The event was held within the framework of Open Room, a Repsol Foundation initiative, focused on promoting debate and rigorous knowledge about the keys to the energy transition since 2021.