NextDecade Corp. has filed an application with FERC to include carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) systems at its proposed Rio Grande liquefied natural gas (RGLNG) export project in Brownsville, TX. 

The company is seeking to modify the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s 2019 authorization to site, construct and operate the terminal. It has requested a “limited amendment” to the authorization so that it can incorporate CCS technology into the approved site and design. 

“RGLNG respectfully requests expeditious approval of this limited amendment, so that RGLNG may incorporate the CCS systems into the design of the RGLNG terminal without delay, and — consistent with the climate goals set forth under the Paris Agreement — proceed to provide world markets access to...