Commission Shift has been expressing alarm in recent years over carbon capture and storage and how it would be overseen by Texas regulators.
A rendering of the STRATOS direct air capture plant in Ector County is shown. Occidental received approval of its Class VI permits to sequester CO2 from the facility. Courtesy 1PointFive
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Read the full articleCommission Shift has been expressing alarm in recent years over carbon capture and storage and how it would be overseen by Texas regulators.
“I was glad to see the EPA require the company to reenter some wells market as plugged and replug with CO2 resistant cement,” Virginia Palacios, Commission Shift executive director, told the Reporter-Telegram.
The area has seen a number of unpredicted events like earthquakes, blowouts and well leaks, heightening concern about the integrity of the Class VI wells, she said. “Our concern is the public didn’t get to review the models Occidental used to establish an area of review (for possible plumes).”
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