Denver-based BKV Corp. and Dallas-based EnLink Midstream recently announced the initial injection of carbon dioxide waste from EnLink’s natural gas processing plant in Bridgeport at BKV’s Barnett Zero carbon capture and sequestration facility. EnLink said Nov. 13 it marks “a major step toward reducing CO2 emissions associated with BKV’s natural gas production in north Texas’ Barnett Shale.” Barnett Zero is “one of the first purpose-drilled Class II commercial carbon sequestration wells injecting CO2 waste from natural gas processing plants in the U.S… BKV and EnLink will be among the first energy companies to have commercial carbon capture and sequestration operations in the nation.”
EnLink will transport natural gas produced by BKV in the Barnett Shale to its natural gas processing plant in Bridgeport, where the CO2 waste stream will be captured and transported to a BKV facility, compressed and sequestered in BKV’s nearby underground injection control well. Average sequestration rate of up to 210,000 metric tons of CO2 per year is expected.
EnLink said Nov. 13 initial CO2 injection recently commenced safely and ahead of schedule.
The project was approved by Railroad Commission of Texas and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. BKV said its second CCS project will be Cotton Cove, also in Texas (to commence by yearend 2024).