Dallas-based EnLink Midstream LLC is primed to build its Lower 48 oil and natural gas gathering and transportation business, with an eye on expanding opportunities for carbon capture and storage (CCS), the CEO said Wednesday.

During a wide-ranging call to share second quarter results, CEO Jesse Arenivas laid out the company’s long-term plans. Anchored by robust operations in the Permian Basin, EnLink has oil and gas assets that sweep across Louisiana, North Texas and Oklahoma. 

To that end, he said, the company is “taking concrete steps today to fulfill our vision for ‘the future of midstream,’ in which EnLink continues providing energy products critical to powering modern society, while also offering solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across industries that...