Bayou Bend CCS LLC, a carbon capture and sequestration project sited along the Texas Gulf Coast, is expanding its carbon dioxide (CO2) storage footprint through acquisition of nearly 100,000 acres onshore in Chambers and Jefferson Counties, Tex., bringing gross storage capacity to more than one billion metric tons, Talos Energy said in release Mar. 6
The expanded project now encompasses nearly 140,000 acres of pore space for permanent CO2 sequestration when added to the existing 40,000 acres offshore Beaumont and Port Arthur, Tex.
Bayou Bend is a joint venture of Chevron USA Inc. through Chevron New Energies (operator, 50%), Talos Energy Inc. through Talos Low Carbon Solutions (25%), and Carbonvert Inc. (25%).
“With the expansion, Bayou Bend is positioned to offer CCUS solutions across a broad region of the Gulf Coast, from Houston to Orange and into western Louisiana,” said Chris Powers, vice-president, CCUS, Chevron New Energies.
In 2021, Talos and Carbonvert were selected as the winning bidders for the Texas General Land Office’s Jefferson County, Tex., carbon storage lease, located in state waters offshore Beaumont and Port Arthur, Tex. It remains the first and only offshore lease in the US dedicated to CO2 sequestration, the companies said. Chevron joined the joint venture in May 2022.