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Marion Rae

Progress on 'vital' carbon capture underwhelms minister

Carbon storage at the Gorgon project is only about one third of where Chevron would like it to be. (Marion Rae/AAP PHOTOS)

Progress on carbon capture has been "disappointing" but is vital for the future of gas and industry in Australia, the federal government says.

The oil and gas industry was told it could "go the way of the dinosaurs" by WA Energy Minister Reece Whitby at a conference in Perth on Tuesday, if it continued to freely vent greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere.

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