据烃加工网3月6日报道，雪佛龙（Chevron Corp）和塔洛斯能源公司（Talos Energy Inc）周一表示，他们已将拟议的墨西哥湾碳捕集和储存中心的规模扩大两倍。

他们的合资企业包括Carbonvert Inc，计划收集和掩埋得克萨斯地区石化、水泥、钢铁和其他工业企业客户的温室气体。收购的成本未披露。

所谓的Bayou Bend中心是雪佛龙在全球碳捕获、利用和封存(CCUS)方面的最大投入之一，到2050年，这个市场可能会达到数万亿美元。

雪佛龙CCUS副总裁Chris Powers在咨询机构标普举办的CERAWeek能源会议上对记者表示，“市场是巨大的。为了实现《巴黎协定》的宏伟目标，我们将大规模开展CCUS，拥有多个这样的中心”。

第一次注入预计在2026年左右。塔洛斯首席可持续发展官罗宾·菲尔德(Robin Fielder)表示，时间将取决于监管程序和客户需求。

高管们表示，该集团将开始寻找长期客户，包括那些希望使用与制氢相关的CCUS的客户。

该合资企业在现有的4万英亩土地上增加了近10万英亩(405平方公里)的陆上土地。扩大后的区域可以储存超过10亿吨的温室气体。

他们表示，该协议将他们的Bayou Bend枢纽定位为该地区难以减少的工业排放的碳存储地点，该地区是美国最大的工业走廊之一。

到2028年，雪佛龙将在包括CCUS和氢燃料在内的低碳企业投资100亿美元。该公司负责氢业务的副总裁奥斯汀·奈特(Austin Knight)在会议上表示，该公司正在投资开发氢运输技术，包括通过氨运输。

他称，虽然制氢技术已经存在，但用于大规模运输而言，该技术仍处于早期阶段。

郝芬 译自 烃加工网

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.