Well, Good Fucking Luck W. That In Louisiana: Grassroots Opposition To "Carbon Capture" Plans Growing
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ExxonMobil has designated the specific locations of its proposed CO2 injection wells in Louisiana as trade secrets, a move allowed under state law. However, the location of wells used for testing injection pressures is publicly available information. According to the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR), ExxonMobil is awaiting permits for its two test wells – Mockingbird IZM and Hummingbird IZM. Occidental Petroleum Corp. subsidiary 1PointFive has one permitted test well in Allen Parish. Its Magnolia Sequestration Hub project is funded by a U.S. Department of Energy grant. According to DENR documents, there are currently 58 Class VI injection well applications across 18 parishes in Louisiana. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to give the state authority to approve Class VI permits later this year, which would allow the injection of carbon dioxide underground.
Frances Cannon, a We the People committee member, told the Illuminator the group’s main concern was the risk carbon sequestration poses to Louisiana’s water supply. “We’ve actually got three water aquifers here. We’ve got the Chicot, the Evangeline and the Jasper … It’s not just Allen Parish we’re worried about, it’s all the surrounding parishes.” In 2024, the Allen Parish Police Jury commissioned McNeese State University and Gulf Engineers and Consultants of Baton Rouge to conduct a risk-benefit analysis of carbon capture and sequestration, according to The American Press.
“The main pipeline from Denbury, which was purchased last year by Exxon, runs about two-tenths of a mile from my house,” Cannon said. “… It’s unbelievable how terribly their pipelines are maintained, so the transport of the CO2 is another issue.” Earlier this month, a federal regulatory agency fined Denbury $2.4 million for harassing inspectors who were reviewing the company’s work on its CO2 pipeline in Sartaria, Mississippi. The project is meant to replace a pipeline that exploded in 2020, sending 45 people to the hospital.
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Under Louisiana law, parishes receive 30% of revenue from CCS projects on state-owned land. Allen Parish won’t get any share from its largest proposed site at West Bay Wildlife Management Area near Oakdale because timber companies own the land. Local governments have limited authority to halt CCS projects, and a proposal last year to allow parishes to tax the sites didn’t even get a committee vote.
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https://lailluminator.com/2025/02/26/carbon-capture/