Crescent Midstream selected to develop CCS project for Entergy natural gas power plant

Crescent Midstream will development of a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project proposed for Entergy Corp.’s 994 Mw Lake Charles Power Station in Westlake, La. The project, if completed, could capture and transport up to 3 million tonnes/year (tpy) of CO₂.

Crescent Midstream would apply its onshore and offshore pipeline construction and operations experience to develop and construct an integrated CCS project capable of capturing, transporting, and permanently storing CO₂ emitted from the natural gas-fired power plant.

Additional collaborators on the $1-billion project are Samsung E&A and Honeywell (carbon capture technologies).

Louisiana CO₂ emissions

The majority of Louisiana’s CO₂ emissions are concentrated in the lower Mississippi River Industrial Corridor, which produces more than 72 million tpy of CO₂ emissions, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Roughly 66% of the state's CO₂ emissions come from industrial sources and 13% come from electric power generation.