Worley, a global professional services company of energy, chemicals, and resources experts, has been selected to design and evaluate carbon dioxide (CO2) gathering, handling and sequestration facilities for the Bayou Bend CCS LLC (Bayou Bend) joint venture located along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. The Bayou Bend project includes a CO2 storage footprint of nearly 140,000 acres of pore space.

The Gulf Coast has one of the heaviest concentrations of CO2 emissions in the US, making this project pivotal in enabling hard-to-abate industries, such as refining, cement, steel, chemicals, and manufacturing, to meet their climate goals. Carbon sequestration along the Gulf Coast helps to support a broader national effort to reduce carbon emissions.

Mark Trueman, Group President, Americas for Worley, said: “We’re committed to a strong partnership with Bayou Bend, drawing on our global CCUS knowledge and project execution experience. Innovative projects like Bayou Bend will potentially enable CCS at scale and help many more companies achieve their net zero goals, supporting Worley’s purpose of delivering a more sustainable world.”