A method of recovering carbon dioxide from a synthesis gas stream generated within a facility (1) having a synthesis gas reactor (10). After the synthesis gas stream (12) is passed through at least one process heat exchanger (56) of a steam generation system located downstream of a water-gas shift reactor (14), the temperature of the synthesis gas stream (18) is increased while simultaneously adding steam (64) to the synthesis gas stream (18). Thereafter, the synthesis gas stream is added to an absorption system (16) having an absorption zone (90) utilizing a solvent to absorb the carbon dioxide. Heat is transferred from the synthesis gas stream to a regeneration zone (82) of the absorption system (16) to promote disengagement of the carbon dioxide from the steam and such that between about 40 percent and about 90 percent of the carbon dioxide originally present in the synthesis gas stream is recovered (116).
