{"id":611,"date":"2022-03-02T15:30:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:30:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:30:54","slug":"federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/31\/22910757\/federal-court-decision-carbon-capture-storage-gulf-of-mexico-exxonmobile<\/a>
\n
<\/br><\/code><\/p>\n

\n

Fossil fuel companies\u2019 hopes of sequestering captured greenhouse gas emissions at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico hit a snag last week when a federal court revoked a gigantic oil and gas <\/strong>lease sale the Biden Administration held last November. ExxonMobil was the biggest spender at the time, bidding on nearly 100 leases in shallow waters. Because the areas it bid on weren\u2019t expected to be very lucrative for oil and gas drilling, experts speculated<\/a> that ExxonMobil would use the areas for storing captured CO2.<\/p>\n

But late last week, US District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras canceled leases issued during the November sale. The enormous sale, which auctioned off 80.8 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, was challenged<\/a> in federal court by environmental groups when it was first announced in August. Activists criticized the Biden administration for conducting the sale even as it pledged to slash planet-heating pollution.<\/p>\n

In a court opinion<\/a> released late last week, <\/strong>Contreras writes that the Bureau of Ocean Management committed a \u201cgrave error\u201d in deciding to hold the lease sale and should have considered how the sale of oil and gas extracted there to foreign consumers would generate greenhouse gas emissions. His decision means the Interior Department will have to conduct a new environmental review that accounts for how fossil fuels drawn from the areas auctioned off in November would contribute to climate change.<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil declined to provide comment to The Verge<\/em> on the court\u2019s decision and how it might affect the company\u2019s plans to capture and store carbon dioxide. Earlier this month, the company pledged to reach net-zero emissions for its operations by 2050, a relatively limited climate commitment since it excludes emissions that come from the burning of oil and gas products the company sells. <\/p>\n

ExxonMobil has pointed to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as one strategy for reducing its pollution. CCS involves using devices to capture the carbon dioxide that power plants and industrial facilities produce and then finding places to store that CO2 underground.<\/p>\n

\u201cExxonMobil believes the greatest opportunity for CO2 storage in the United States is in the Gulf of Mexico,\u201d Todd Spitler, a spokesperson for Exxon\u2019s Low Carbon Solutions business, said in an email to E&E News<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n

ExxonMobil is working alongside Shell, Chevron, and about a dozen other companies to develop CCS technologies around Houston\u2019s industrial area. These companies recently projected<\/a> that they could store up to 50 million metric tons of CO2 per year, <\/strong>a fraction of the amount of storage they think is available along the US Gulf Coast, by 2030, and then double the amount by 2040. The Gulf of Mexico\u2019s proximity to industrial, oil, and gas facilities along the Houston Ship Channel and Louisiana\u2019s chemical corridor has made it a desirable area for carbon sequestration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


<\/br><\/code><\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/31\/22910757\/federal-court-decision-carbon-capture-storage-gulf-of-mexico-exxonmobile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Fossil fuel companies\u2019 hopes of sequestering captured greenhouse gas emissions at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico hit a snag last week when a federal court revoked a gigantic oil and gas lease sale the Biden Administration held last November. ExxonMobil was the biggest spender at the time, bidding on nearly 100 leases […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,40,26],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-environment","category-science","tag-energy"],"yoast_head":"\nFederal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Fossil fuel companies\u2019 hopes of sequestering captured greenhouse gas emissions at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico hit a snag last week when a federal court revoked a gigantic oil and gas lease sale the Biden Administration held last November. ExxonMobil was the biggest spender at the time, bidding on nearly 100 leases […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-02T15:30:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-02T15:30:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/\",\"name\":\"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico - Science and Nerds\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-02T15:30:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-02T15:30:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/\",\"name\":\"Science and Nerds\",\"description\":\"My WordPress Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico - Science and Nerds","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico - Science and Nerds","og_description":"Source: Fossil fuel companies\u2019 hopes of sequestering captured greenhouse gas emissions at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico hit a snag last week when a federal court revoked a gigantic oil and gas lease sale the Biden Administration held last November. ExxonMobil was the biggest spender at the time, bidding on nearly 100 leases […]","og_url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","og_site_name":"Science and Nerds","article_published_time":"2022-03-02T15:30:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-02T15:30:54+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","name":"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico - Science and Nerds","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-03-02T15:30:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-02T15:30:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/federal-court-decision-could-slow-oil-industry-efforts-to-store-carbon-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/","name":"Science and Nerds","description":"My WordPress Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com"],"url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}