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Denver — Oil Major BP has begun drilling an appraisal well in Texas for its US carbon capture and sequestration business, officials said Monday.
In May, BP and partner Linde plan to develop a site along the Texas coast to bury carbon dioxide produced from Linde's manufacturing site outside Houston. said.
"We are now using our underground and expertise to drill assessment wells for our US carbon capture and storage operations," said BP's BPX Energy Shale subsidiary financial responsibility. CEO Jack Collins said at the EnerCom conference. He declined to provide details.
BPX received state approval in April to obtain a permit to drill an exploratory well in Galveston County, according to filings with the Texas Railroad Commission, Texas's energy regulator. Obtained. The well, located on a property belonging to Hall's Bayou Ranch, was not intended to target or produce hydrocarbons, the permit says.
A spokesperson for Halls his Bayou Ranch, a hunting and fishing club, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. BP did not immediately comment on the details of the permit.
(Reporting by Liz Hampton of Denver; Editing by Sam Holmes)
