News
LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.
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LCG, April 24, 2025--Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) announced yesterday an agreement with Calpine Corporation (Calpine) to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center, a natural gas-fired facility located near Houston, Texas. This is part of Calpine’s Baytown Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project that is designed to add CCS for the facility’s CO2 emissions. The Calpine facility could then provide a 24/7 supply of low-carbon electricity to the Texas grid plus steam to nearby industrial facilities.
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Industry News
Ameren to Create Fuels and Emissions Unit
LCG, Oct. 5, 2000Ameren Corp. said yesterday it would create a new subsidiary, Ameren Energy Fuels and Services Co., to provide about $1 billion in fuel procurement and gas supply services for its affiliated companies and other companies in the Midwest.The new unit will supply coal, natural gas, oil, ash management and emission services to Ameren's 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity and manage the supply of natural gas to Ameren's 300,000 retail gas customers, the company said.Michael G. Mueller, an Ameren vice president who will head up the new unit, said it would "focus on coal, natural gas and related fuel service matters."Ameren said that today its fuels organization annually buys, trades and transports 30 million tons of coal from the Powder River and Illinois basins. The organization operates a fleet of over 5,000 railcarsand is constructing two rail-river transfer terminals.
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