CHPS of Insight Episode 11: Navigating Carbon Capture in Louisiana | Challenges and Opportunities

In this episode of CHPS of Insight, host Chris White speaks with Clark Hill Senior Counsel Colleen Jarrott and Onterris Energy and Critical Infrastructure Market Leader Ray Cheatham about carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) development in Louisiana.

The conversation centers on the ongoing moratorium on new Class VI applications, originally intended as a short pause while regulators reviewed roughly 34 pending applications. They discuss Louisiana’s advantages – industrial emitters, existing CO2 pipeline/EOR history, geology, and workforce – while emphasizing safety, permitting rigor, public opposition, and best practices such as strong pore space leases, early community engagement, and regulator relationships.

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