Decarbonizing the Energy Port
October 16, 2023
America’s largest energy port is looking to permanently store its greenhouse gas emissions under the seafloor and it has turned to scientists at the Bureau of Economic Geology to help.
The goal of the project is to divert carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial operations at the Port of Corpus Christi and safely store them in geological formations deep beneath the seafloor in nearby state-managed waters. The port is tapping the expertise of some of the world’s leading carbon capture and storage researchers at the bureau’s Gulf Coast Carbon Center.
Tip Meckel, a senior research scientist at the Gulf Coast Carbon Center, said significant work has already been done in the area.
“We’ve conducted regional studies from, more or less, Corpus Christi to the Louisiana border,” he said.
The feasibility study, which is funded by a $7.36 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, will last two years and include a study of the best methods to transport CO2 from the port to an offshore storage site. The site would be in waters managed by the Texas General Land Office. Funds from the carbon storage leases support the state’s Permanent School Fund, which helps fund primary public education throughout Texas.
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