Carbon Sequestration Might Expand in Cameron Parish

Carbon sequestration might expand in Cameron Parish

A requested permit would allow Lake Charles-based Gulf Coast Sequestration to inject and sequester up to 19 million metric tons of CO2 into two wells over a 30-year period. Image courtesy of Gulf Coast Sequestration via La. Dept. of Conservation and Energy)Roughly 40 people gathered at the Hackberry Community Center last week, for a public hearing on a planned carbon dioxide sequestration project in the area. If approved, the planned carbon sequ…

Carbon sequestration may expand in Cameron Parish

Roughly 40 people gathered at the Hackberry Community Center last week, for a public hearing on a planned carbon dioxide sequestration project in the area. If approved, the planned carbon sequestration injection well project would be the third of its kind in the state, and the second in Cameron Parish. The permit would allow Lake Charles-based Gulf Coast Sequestration to inject and sequester up to 19 million metric tons of CO2 into two wells, 8,…