據OE網站2月28日消息：美國海上石油生產商Talos Energy周五表示，計劃在今年申請幾個碳捕獲項目的許可，這是在墨西哥灣沿岸開發碳捕集中心的關鍵一步。

隨著能源企業尋求減少二氧化碳和其他污染物的排放，Talos正在制定計劃，在得克薩斯州和路易斯安那州海岸建設碳捕獲項目。該公司已與Storegga Geotechnologies和Freeport LNG合作開發單獨的得克薩斯州項目。

Talos首席執行官蒂姆?鄧肯在財報電話會議上對投資者表示，“我們認為聯邦政府有政治意愿”推進許可。并希望看到這個項目取得成功。

上周，Talos與管道運營商Enlink Midstream簽署了一項初步協議，在路易斯安那州進行碳運輸和封存。

該項目將重點放在密西西比河走廊上，那里是煉油廠和石化工廠的所在地。它將利用Enlink公司4000英里(6400公里)的現有管道和路易斯安那州塔洛斯河灣碳捕獲站。

盡管許多公司都在關注碳捕獲項目，但對地下油井永久儲存碳的許可一直受到聯邦審批程序的阻礙。

路易斯安那州是尋求接管這些許可證執法權的幾個產油州之一，此舉可能會加快新油井的審批速度。

馮娟 摘譯自 OE

原文如下：

Talos Energy to Seek Approvals for Several Carbon-capture Projects

U.S. offshore oil producer Talos Energy Inc on Friday said it aims to file permit applications for several carbon capture projects this year, a key step to developing carbon sequestration hubs along the Gulf Coast.

Talos is developing plans to build carbon capture projects along the Texas and Louisiana coasts as energy businesses seek to lower emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. It has joined with Storegga Geotechnologies and Freeport LNG to develop separate Texas projects.

"We think the federal government has political will" to move on the permits, Talos Chief Executive Officer Tim Duncan told investors in an earnings call. "I think we have a government that wants to see this succeed."

Last week, Talos signed a preliminary agreement with pipeline operator Enlink Midstream to pursue carbon transportation and sequestration in Louisiana.

That project would focus on the Mississippi River corridor, home to oil refineries and petrochemical plants. It would utilize some 4,000 miles (6,400 km) of Enlink's existing pipelines and Talos' River Bend carbon capture site in Louisiana.

While many companies are eying carbon capture projects, permits for the underground wells to permanently store carbon have had a history of being slowed by federal approval processes.

Louisiana is among several oil-producing states seeking to take over enforcement authority for those permits, a move that could speed up approvals for new wells.