Bayou Bend CCS, a carbon capture and sequestration project located along the Texas Gulf Coast, announced an expansion of its carbon dioxide (CO2) storage footprint through the acquisition of nearly 100,000 acres onshore in Chambers County and Jefferson County, Texas.
The increased acreage positions Bayou Bend to be one of the largest carbon-storage projects in the United States.
Combined with approximately 40,000 acres previously announced offshore Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas, the expanded Bayou Bend project now encompasses nearly 140,000 acres of pore space for permanent CO2 sequestration. The total acreage holds a gross storage capacity of more than 1 billion metric tons, positioning Bayou Bend to be a leading carbon transportation and storage solution for industrial emitters located in the Houston Ship Channel and Beaum
