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Texas Carbon Capture Faces Resistance
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Executive Summary
Texas carbon capture projects face political pushback and weaker federal support, even as oil majors keep advancing Gulf Coast storage plans.
- Texas gained authority to approve Class VI carbon storage wells
- Railroad Commission member Wayne Christian criticized carbon capture spending
- Trump administration cuts to climate rules and funding weakened the business case
- Exxon paused its Baytown hydrogen and carbon capture project
- DOE cut more than 330 million from the Baytown project
- Exxon, Occidental, Chevron and Schlumberger have invested billions in Gulf Coast CCS
- Texas has 18 pending carbon storage well applications and about a quarter of US pending permits
Quick Facts
- What: Carbon capture and storage projects face political and funding resistance
- Where: Texas and the Gulf Coast
- Why: Federal policy shifts and weak customer demand undercut economics
- Who: Texas regulators, Exxon, Occidental, Chevron and Schlumberger
- When: In the early 2020s and recent weeks
Featured Article
Texas regulators and major oil companies are advancing Gulf Coast carbon capture projects in the early 2020s despite U.S. climate policy rollbacks and reduced federal clean-energy funding.
Additional Articles
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In Texas in the early 2020s, major oil companies and regulators confront weakened incentives for Gulf Coast carbon capture and storage amid shifting federal climate policies.
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Texas Railroad Commission advances carbon storage permits while federal funding and regulatory shifts in 2020s weaken the business case for CCS projects in the Gulf Coast.