The future of energy along the Texas Gulf Coast
Bayou Bend CCS project details and timeline
Offshore and onshore storage
Seeking to offer carbon dioxide storage deep below land and sea.
Bayou Bend’s offshore storage site has approximately 40,000 acres for CO₂ storage. With an additional approximate 100,000 acres onshore for CO2 storage in Chambers and Jefferson Counties, Bayou Bend is aiming to be one of the largest carbon storage projects in the U.S.
Project Timeline
Bayou Bend’s Class VI application to the EPA for geologic sequestration in formations beneath Texas state waters is considered administratively complete.
TotalEnergies joins Bayou Bend.
Drilling operations commenced on the onshore stratigraphic well.
Drilling operations commenced on the offshore stratigraphic well.
Equinor joins Bayou Bend.
Bayou Bend CCS LLC expands onshore; Chevron named operator. Nearly 100,000 acres were acquired onshore in Chambers and Jefferson Counties, Texas. The increased acreage positions Bayou Bend to be one of the largest carbon storage projects in the United States.
Chevron joins Bayou Bend.
Lease signed with Texas General Land Office (GLO). Bayou Bend executed lease documentation with the GLO, establishing one of the first offshore CO₂ storage sites in the U.S.