A safe, proven, permanent solution to reducing CO₂ emissions

What is carbon capture & storage?

CCS is a technology where CO2 emissions are captured and stored safely underground, limiting its effects on the environment. Once the CO2 is captured, it will be transported to a storage site where it will be injected and permanently stored more than a mile underground.

Experts see carbon capture and storage (CCS) as an essential tool in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and working toward the Paris Agreement goals.

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Permanent storage

CO2 will be sequestered more than a mile underground and held in place by thick, impermeable rocks deep under the surface.

The expanded Bayou Bend project has nearly 140,000 acres of pore space for permanent CO2 sequestration.

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Safe operations

Carbon capture and storage is a known technology that has been used for over 40 years. There are more than 5,000 miles of CO2 pipelines throughout the United States that have been in operation for nearly 50 years.

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Community benefits

Bayou Bend could benefit communities in southeast Texas by reducing GHG emissions in the region; protecting, sustaining and growing industry jobs; growing tax revenue from industry; and benefitting the Texas Permanent School Fund to fund Texas public schools.