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Phone: 866-248-9051
Email: stakeholder@1pointfive.com
Livingston Parish is playing an important role in the development of a carbon sequestration hub that will be part of a new carbon, capture and storage (CCS) industry. These hubs will provide safe, secure storage of human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground in geologic formations.
We are committed to being a good long-term neighbor and partner in Livingston Parish. 1PointFive has paid Livingston Parish for road repairs near our test well location and will continue to work with the Parish on our upcoming activities.
1PointFive continues engaging with the community to discuss our work and listen to feedback. So, please get in touch with us if you have any questions or feedback about our project!
We are scheduled to mobilize to the existing location in early July 2023 to complete routine site work such as leveling, clearing excess material, and fencing installation. The move-in and construction plan includes complete avoidance of Parish Roads as well as elimination of long caravans to location to help ensure smooth travel on nearby public roads. Thank you in advance for your patience as we conduct this work.
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
Our teams continue to analyze rock and water samples in preparation for submitting the Class VI permits to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We are confirming previous studies that the geology in Livingston Parish is an ideal location to safely, securely, and permanently store CO2. The tests will also inform how much CO2 the rock can hold so the project operates within safe storage parameters and how the CO2 will migrate through the rock formation.
Please feel free to reach out to us directly with any questions. This website and our subscription newsletter will continue to be avenues for additional information and details.
We have successfully conducted follow-up tests confirming the condition of the stratigraphic data well as required by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rig has been moved from this area in this past week.
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don’t hesitate to get in touch with our team.
The rig moved onto location in Livingston Parish in the beginning of January 2023. Notices were mailed to properties along the haul route. The scope of work and timing expectations remain the same. We are now performing follow-up tests to confirm the condition of the well as required by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This work is a continuation of our comprehensive activities designed for the safe operation of the well and to protect the environment. We expect the work to last approximately three weeks. Please feel free to reach out to us directly with any questions. This webpage and our subscription newsletter will continue to be options for additional information and details.
Earlier this year, we drilled a data well to assess the rock properties at our project site to confirm their ability to safely and securely store carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground. We are now performing follow-up tests to confirm the condition of the well as required by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This work is a continuation of our comprehensive activities designed for the safe operation of the well and to protect the environment. We expect the work to last approximately three weeks.
A rig move is being coordinated to start toward the end of December and mailed notices have been sent to properties along the haul route.
We will continue engaging with the community to discuss our work and listen to feedback. Our intention is to be a good long-term neighbor and partner in Livingston Parish. We believe it is important that we communicate our activities and ensure that they are conducted in accordance with all State and EPA regulatory and permitting requirements.
Please feel free to reach out to us directly with any questions. This webpage and our subscription newsletter will continue to be options for additional information and details.
At this time, we have completed the rig move from the site, and are continuing to analyze the data collected.
We look forward to providing you with future updates, which will likely be less frequent for the time being. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, please feel free to contact our team.
We are in the process of moving our drilling rig offsite, with support from local police officials, and expect to be completed in the next several days.
Thank you for your continued patience.
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
We have completed drilling the stratigraphic data well in Livingston Parish and will be moving the drilling rig from this area within the next week. Local residents may notice a temporary increase in traffic during that time. Notifications regarding the move were mailed to community members near the haul route.
To mitigate disruption to your community, we are strictly following the haul route shown in the map below, as well as exercising safe and courteous driving practices. The move is being coordinated with local law enforcement.
Thank you in advance for your patience as we conduct our rig move.
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
This week we drilled the data well to its total depth (TD) and completed collection of whole core rock samples. We continue to collect data by logging the well. Operations will carry on for the next 1-2 weeks. This data well, or stratigraphic well, is being drilled to gather information and assess the rock formations about a mile below the earth's surface. No carbon injection will occur during this phase of the project. We continue to engage with Parish leadership and local residents to provide information on our project and answer questions.
For specific information regarding the Livingston Parish project please check out these resources. In addition, there are many other available resources to learn about carbon management. This diagram from betterenergy.org provides an illustration of CO2 injection and storage.
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
This week, we continue to drill and log the data well, and collect whole core rock samples. Drilling operations will carry on for the next 1-2 weeks. This data well, or stratigraphic well, is being drilled to gather information and assess the rock formations about a mile below the earth's surface. No carbon injection will occur during this phase of the project.
We have conducted a survey of Sidney Woods Road for damage and are currently assessing necessary repairs.
Carbon Storage continues to gain support as a viable solution for managing CO2 emissions by organizations around the globe, as noted by the following comments from The Nature Conservancy:
“CCUS [Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage] can be done safely and reliably when there are proper monitoring and verification protocols.”
“Saline storage requires very specific rock formations that are not located in all regions of the country, and often new infrastructure is needed to move carbon dioxide from where it is captured to where it will be stored or used.”
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
The drilling rig is on location and we are continuing to drill and log the data well. We have begun collecting whole core rock samples. This data well, or stratigraphic well, is being drilled to gather information and assess the rock formations about a mile below the earth's surface. No carbon injection will occur during this phase of the project.
On Tuesday evening, September 27th, Oxy 1PointFive representatives attended the Livingston Parish Council meeting where we discussed our project, and addressed questions from local and state representatives as well as residents.
Recently, The Global CCS Institute released videos on how CCS works and how the technology will support our global net-zero goals. Click here to visit the Global CCS Institute website and view the videos.
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
We began drilling the data well on September 13th and plan to start collecting whole core rock samples in the next week. This data well, or stratigraphic well, is being drilled to gather information and assess the rock formations about a mile below the earth's surface. No carbon injection will in occur during this phase of the project.
As we drill, we will send tools down the well to measure the rock's porosity, or void space in the rock, to determine how much CO2 it could hold. We will also examine the cap rock, which will keep the CO2 in place. The image below is not from the Livingston Project, but from a similar operation, and highlights a core sample taken from over one kilometer below ground surface. It illustrates pores that can hold CO2 and the impermeable cap rock above, which acts as a seal to contain the CO2. These types of rock layers, porous and non-porous, are similar to rock layers that have held oil and natural gas underground for millions of years.
You can learn more about Carbon Capture and Storage from the following resources:
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
The data well drilling rig is on location, and we began drilling operations on September 10th. We expect that drilling operations will take approximately one month. The data well, or stratigraphic well, is being drilled to gather information about the subsurface conditions. No carbon injection will in occur during this phase of the project.
You can learn more about Carbon Capture and Storage in this video by the Clean Air Task Force.
In addition, the following resources:
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
Pad construction for the data well near Holden is complete. The drilling rig will be moved to the work site in the next few days, and drilling will last approximately one month. While a slight and temporary increase in traffic can be expected during operations, our highest priority is to conduct our business in a manner that protects the safety of the community, our employees and the environment. Our drivers are committed to obeying traffic laws, maintaining safe and courteous driving practices, and following a designated haul route.
The purpose of the data well is to collect information about the rock deep below the surface that will help us design a safe and effective carbon storage project. No carbon injection will occur during the data well operations.
You can learn more about 1PointFive and Livingston Parish Project here:
We look forward to providing you with future updates. Meanwhile, if you have specific questions or want to provide feedback, don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
Geologic sequestration is the process of safely and securely storing CO2 in deep underground rock formations. First, CO2 will be captured from an industrial facility, such as a steel or cement plant, or pulled from the atmosphere around us by innovative facilities called “Direct Air Capture” plants. Captured CO2 is injected through highly specialized wells into rock formations for safe, secure storage. The secure storage of captured CO2, either from industrial and power sources or directly from the air, is widely recognized as a critical climate mitigation technology that will reduce CO2 emissions. To ensure protection of drinking water resources and permanence of injected CO2 storage, geologic sequestration is highly regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to ensure protection of drinking water resources and permanence of CO2 injected.
This entire process is commonly referred to as carbon capture and storage (CCS).
1PointFive has leased land from Weyerhaeuser Company to develop a carbon sequestration hub in northeastern Livingston Parish, Louisiana. 1PointFive intends to use the land to safely and securely sequester CO2 in underground rock formations while Weyerhaeuser continues to manage the above-ground acreage as a working forest.
1PointFive estimates the hub can store as much as six million metric tons of CO2 per year– the equivalent to the annual emissions of approximately 1.3 million passenger vehicles, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Livingston hub, which is planned for operation beginning in 2025, is expected to include 16 wells: five to six wells to inject CO2 into the geologic storage formation, and eight to 10 wells for monitoring the CO2 above, below and within the geologic formation.
The hub’s CO2 pipelines will run underground within the leased acreage shown in the map above.
*Wells and pipelines represent approximate placement and routes.
Injection wells are used to transport the CO2 more than 5,000 feet below the surface where it will be securely stored below a layer of impermeable rock (a primary seal or caprock) that is greater than 100-feet-thick. The CO2 will become trapped within the rock formation.
The CO2 storage operations will not affect the parish’s water resources. The deepest water well is approximately 2,300 feet below the surface, and the deepest zone designated as Underground Source of Drinking Water (USDW) is approximately 3,000 feet. The CO2 will be stored more than a half mile below that zone.
We will have multiple programs in place to monitor pressure, temperature and corrosion in the CO2 injection wells, and to monitor the surrounding water and soil. These programs go through a stringent and thorough approval process with the U.S. EPA and will remain in place throughout construction and during operations up and until site-closure is authorized by the EPA, or relevant state agency. In-zone and above-zone monitoring wells enable us to detect and measure CO2 fluid movement below the surface.
All wells will be permitted by the U.S. EPA under Class VI of the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program – a program designed to protect underground sources of drinking water from contamination, and ongoing reporting will be conducted per U.S. EPA regulations in compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play an important role in helping capture industrial CO2 emissions and will help the United States make progress toward achieving its emissions reductions goals. The secure storage of captured CO2 is widely recognized as a critical climate mitigation technology that will reduce CO2 emissions. This sequestration hub will be one of the first built in the country.
CCS projects and activities generate a variety of tax revenues, including ad valorem property tax revenues based on sequestration, ad valorem taxes for surface equipment and pipelines, sales use taxes and income and payroll taxes.
Community outreach and engagement is a primary objective of 1PointFive. We will be pursuing a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) in Livingston Parish. We invite your thoughts on the development of this agreement.
Community Benefit Agreements are multi-party contracts executed by community-based organizations, local governments and 1PointFive. These agreements can provide a range of community benefits related to a proposed development project, as well as promote inclusiveness and provide a mechanism for community concerns to be heard and addressed. CBAs benefit regions through stronger, more equitable, economies. CBAs leverage community input that results in projects that benefit a diverse community.
As we design our project, build it and operate it, our highest priority is to conduct our business in a manner that respects and protects the health, safety and welfare of your community, surrounding communities, our employees and the environment.
In July 2022, we will begin the groundwork for the well pads. In August, we will drill the first well and begin data collection. Facility construction will begin in 2023. Drilling of injection and monitoring wells is expected to start in 2024 and is estimated to last nine months. CO2 injection is planned to begin in the first half of 2025. The operational timeframes in this proposed project timeline can be impacted by various factors and are subject to change; we will generally keep you updated via this webpage.
During the nine-month construction period, at any given time, we may have up to 100 people on site. During ongoing operations, once the construction is complete, the number of people on site will be relatively few (1–2 permanent staff), primarily performing monitoring duties and day-to-day operations and maintenance.
We strive to make our activities compatible with our neighbors in Livingston Parish and use various mitigation procedures to reduce the temporary impacts associated with construction activities. Although some of our operations are conducted 24/7, we aim to minimize non-essential work during the night.
1PointFive strives to minimize our operational footprint, protect ecosystems and implement conservation practices, making stewardship of the environment a responsibility of each member of our workforce. In addition, we are committed to working closely with landowners where our operations reside to minimize operational impact on recreational activities in the area such as hunting, fishing, hiking, etc.
1PointFive will coordinate with local and state authorities to see that haul routes to and from the site have as little impact on traffic and road conditions as practicable during the construction period. Driving routes will be shared as they are developed.
As part of our project site planning, 1PointFive will prepare drainage plans for each well pad site to ensure water run-off from constructed well pads will not impact commercial or residential properties or surrounding waterways. Plans will be shared as they are developed.
The CO2 will be sequestered several thousand feet below the lowest underground source of drinking water (USDW). The CO2 will be trapped in underground rock formations. Monitoring wells will track the CO2 to ensure it remains safely in the storage formation and does not impact water wells.
1PointFive and its partners are committed to safely operating our facilities, following industry best practices and employing advanced technologies to protect the health and safety of our employees, neighbors and the environment. Our employees go through safety training and have the ability to stop work at any time without repercussions if they believe there is a potential safety or operational concern.
We also have comprehensive policies and procedures in place to help prevent incidents, mitigate risks and respond quickly, if an unplanned event involving our operators occurs.
1PointFive’s pipeline partner for the Livingston Parish project is EnLink Midstream, which prides itself on operating pipelines and facilities safely, reliably and with a focus on environmental stewardship.
EnLink’s pipeline infrastructure follows a rigorous asset integrity management program, whereby pipelines undergo smart tool runs, pressure testing, cathodic protection and robust corrosion management. The company’s Pipeline Integrity team routinely performs tests that exceed regulatory requirements, reducing risk and increasing the ability to reliably transport products.
EnLink’s Pipeline Control Room monitors the operating conditions of the entire pipeline system in real-time 24/7 by utilizing the latest technology, such as automated valve control and leak detection monitoring software—which reduces response time to potential incidents and increases asset and system reliability.
EnLink’s Public Awareness Program provides information about EnLink operations and safety initiatives to community members who live and work near its pipelines and facilities through in-person engagement meetings, interactive virtual meetings and development of customized information packets distributed each year to local communities, schools, public officials, excavation contractors and emergency responders.
Examples of how EnLink may minimize impact when planning, constructing or operating projects include narrowing right of way and construction workspace widths, using horizontal directional drilling to avoid surface impacts and restoring the environment when impacts are unavoidable through replanting of vegetation or offsetting the impact by acquiring wetland mitigation credits from government and environmental agencies.
For questions, comments or information about 1PointFive's activities in your community, please contact us:
Phone: 866-248-9051
Email: stakeholder@1pointfive.com
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