Houston-based Talos Energy Inc., which is expanding its scope beyond exploration and production to carbon capture and storage (CCS), has a preliminary agreement with Freeport LNG Development LP to sequester emissions on the Upper Texas coast.

Reducing the carbon intensity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports has become paramount for U.S. operators in the broad energy transition. Talos has multiple alliances to advance its CCS strategy in partnership with UK-based Storegga Geotechnologies Ltd., which is partnering in the Freeport project. Last June Talos and Carbonvert Inc. secured another CCS site in Jefferson County, east of Houston. 

“The entrepreneurial collaboration of our teams allowed for the development of a unique, stand-alone carbon sequestration solution, which...