Houston’s Talos Energy Inc., which has envisioned carbon capture projects on the Gulf Coast, clinched an agreement with a Louisiana landowner to lease 26,000 acres along the Mississippi River industrial corridor that may advance one proposal. The exploration and production company also secured a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with EnLink Midstream LLC to provide integrated…
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OCI’s Iowa Fertilizer Books Capacity on Heartland CCS Pipeline
The Heartland Greenway carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) pipeline, a 1,300-mile system that would traverse five Midwestern states, has snagged a top Iowa fertilizer company as a customer, according to Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC. Under the agreement with Dutch fertilizer giant OCI NV, Navigator would transport and sequester up to 1.13 million metric tons/year (mmty)…
Brattle Offers Energy Transition Pathway for Natural Gas Utilities
Natural gas utilities can navigate the energy transition by following a three-step action plan, according to economists with management consulting firm The Brattle Group. “Increased coordination among stakeholders — especially between gas and electric utilities, and between gas utilities and technology providers — is needed to ensure decarbonization is achieved in the most cost-effective way…
ExxonMobil Bidding to Advance CCS Expansion at Wyoming’s LaBarge Natural Gas Facility
Bids to secure engineering, procurement and construction contracts for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) expansion at the LaBarge natural gas facility in Wyoming are advancing, ExxonMobil said Thursday. LaBarge to date has captured an estimated 6-7 million metric tons (mmt) of carbon dioxide (CO2), making it the largest project of its kind in the…
Talos Aiming to ‘Redefine’ Core Oil, Natural Gas Skills to Build CCS Projects on Gulf Coast
The world’s energy majors are playing an outsized role to reduce carbon emissions, but huge opportunities exist for the independents to build sustainable and substantial portfolios that mesh with their oil and gas skill sets, according to Talos Energy Inc. CEO Timothy Duncan. Duncan spoke at the recent Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The independent…
Midwest CO2 Pipeline to Capture, Sequester Emissions Draws Support, Says Navigator
An open season to gauge support for a pipeline that would transport carbon emissions across five Midwest states for permanent sequestration has drawn enough support that the project could be a go, according to Navigator CO2 Ventures. Valero Energy Corp. and a unit of BlackRock Inc. in March teamed up with Navigator Energy Services to…
North Dakota Rigs Exploring Potential for Oilfield Slurry Injections, CCS
North Dakota has two special rigs drilling in the Bakken Shale not included in the 10 reported in the July count that are exploring the potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS), as well as slurry fracture injections. A rig in Center is drilling a well to explore CCS prospects. Another rig in Johnsons Corner…