Chevron Launches Carbon Capture, Storage Project in San Joaquin Valley

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., through its Chevron New Energies division, is launching a carbon capture and storage project aimed at reducing the carbon intensity of its operations in San Joaquin Valley, Calif., a press release announced on May 18.

Chevron aims to reduce its carbon intensity by installing CO₂ post-combustion capture equipment, capturing the CO₂ and then safely storing it thousands of feet underground. This initiative would begin at Chevron’s Kern River Eastridge cogeneration plant in Kern County, California.