Oxy’s new carbon capture hub could trap 1.2B metric tons of East Texas pollution
The Port Arthur Refinery, operated by Motiva Enterprises, abuts neighborhoods where residents complain of chemical odors and falling home values. Photographed Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Port Arthur.A 55,000-acre site straddling three East Texas counties could soon be home to one of Occidental Petroleum’s carbon capture hubs, the Houston oil giant said Thursday.
The site runs along the Gulf Coast in Chambers, Liberty and Jefferson counties, where refineries and chemical plants emit enough carbon dioxide to create an opportunity for the Oxy's carbon capture subsidiary, 1PointFive. The company plans to store as much as 1.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide at the East Texas hub, which is expected to come online in 2026.
It’s one of five such hubs that Oxy is planning in industrial areas of Texas and Louisiana, where it aims to
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