Carbon Capture in Texas

Since 2019, the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has convened a diverse group of stakeholders — consisting of corporations, industry special interest groups, academic institutions and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) — to explore the deployment of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies in the state of Texas. The discussions revealed a number of topics that policymakers and regulators in the state of Texas may need to consider for a robust CCUS industry to emerge. Given growing global concerns about CO₂ emissions and climate change and the increasing number of firms across the energy industry as well as other industries who are committing to “net-zero” targets, the health of the Texas economy will be intimately linked to the ability of firms operating in the state to meet their stated goals.