據烴加工網3月6日報道，雪佛龍（Chevron Corp）和塔洛斯能源公司（Talos Energy Inc）周一表示，他們已將擬議的墨西哥灣碳捕集和儲存中心的規模擴大兩倍。

他們的合資企業包括Carbonvert Inc，計劃收集和掩埋得克薩斯地區石化、水泥、鋼鐵和其他工業企業客戶的溫室氣體。收購的成本未披露。

所謂的Bayou Bend中心是雪佛龍在全球碳捕獲、利用和封存(CCUS)方面的最大投入之一，到2050年，這個市場可能會達到數萬億美元。

雪佛龍CCUS副總裁Chris Powers在咨詢機構標普舉辦的CERAWeek能源會議上對記者表示，“市場是巨大的。為了實現《巴黎協定》的宏偉目標，我們將大規模開展CCUS，擁有多個這樣的中心”。

第一次注入預計在2026年左右。塔洛斯首席可持續發展官羅賓·菲爾德(Robin Fielder)表示，時間將取決于監管程序和客戶需求。

高管們表示，該集團將開始尋找長期客戶，包括那些希望使用與制氫相關的CCUS的客戶。

該合資企業在現有的4萬英畝土地上增加了近10萬英畝(405平方公里)的陸上土地。擴大后的區域可以儲存超過10億噸的溫室氣體。

他們表示，該協議將他們的Bayou Bend樞紐定位為該地區難以減少的工業排放的碳存儲地點，該地區是美國最大的工業走廊之一。

到2028年，雪佛龍將在包括CCUS和氫燃料在內的低碳企業投資100億美元。該公司負責氫業務的副總裁奧斯汀·奈特(Austin Knight)在會議上表示，該公司正在投資開發氫運輸技術，包括通過氨運輸。

他稱，雖然制氫技術已經存在，但用于大規模運輸而言，該技術仍處于早期階段。

郝芬 譯自 烴加工網

原文如下：

Chevron, Talos to triple the size of Texas carbon capture project

Oil producers Chevron Corp and Talos Energy Inc on Monday said they have tripled the size of a proposed carbon capture and storage hub for the Gulf Coast.

Their joint venture, which includes Carbonvert Inc, plans to collect and bury greenhouse gases from clients in the petrochemical, cement, steel and other industrial businesses along the Texas coast. The cost of the acquisition was not disclosed.

The so-called Bayou Bend hub is one of Chevron's top global bets for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS), a potentially multi-trillion dollar market by 2050.

"The market is huge," Chevron's vice president for CCUS, Chris Powers, told reporters at the CERAWeek energy conference by S&P. "In order to meet the ambitions of the Paris Agreement, we are going to do CCUS at massive scale, with multiple hubs like this."

The first injection is expected for around 2026. Timing will depend on the regulatory process and clients needs, said Robin Fielder, chief sustainability officer for Talos.

The group will start to seek long-term customers, including those looking to use CCUS associated with hydrogen production, the executives said.

The venture added nearly 100,000 onshore acres (405 square kilometers) to its existing 40,000 acre site. The expanded area could store more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases.

The trio said the deal positions their Bayou Bend hub as a storage site for carbon emitted by hard to abate industries in the region, one of the largest industrial corridors in the United States.

Chevron is investing $10 billion through 2028 in its Low Carbon ventures including CCUS and hydrogen fuel. The company is investing in technologies to allow hydrogen transportation, including through ammonia, the company's vice president of hydrogen Austin Knight said during the conference.

While technology for hydrogen production already exists, for transportation in a large scale the technology is still in the early stages, he said.