Allen Police Jury offers support for carbon dioxide sequestration site

The Allen Parish Police Jury offered support Monday for the future development of a carbon dioxide sequestration site in the parish, but called for the state to amend a proposed bill to provide the parish with revenue from facilities located on private property. Occidental Petroleum plans to drill CO2 sequestration wells and store CO2 in underground storage facilities on a 27,000 acre site in the West Bay Wildlife Management area located between La. 26 and La. 112, northwest of Oberlin. The property is being leased from Hancock Forest Management.

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Posted on April 13, 2023 and filed under Louisiana.