Occidental’s 1Pointfive plans major Texas CCS hub

Bluebonnet hub on Gulf Coast will offer industrial emitters access to shared CCS infrastructure

Carbon management company 1Pointfive, a subsidiary of US energy company Occidental Petroleum, has unveiled plans to develop a CCS hub in southeast Texas with capacity to store about 1.2bn t of CO₂. The so-called Bluebonnet hub, which is expected to enter operation in 2026, will span Chambers, Liberty and Jefferson counties, with proximity to refineries, chemical plants and manufacturing facilities along the Gulf Coast from Beaumont to Houston. 1Pointfive has leased 55,000 acres along the Texas Gulf Coast for the project. “This hub is located between two of the largest industrial corridors in Texas so captured CO₂ can be efficiently transported and safely sequestered,” says Jeff Alvarez, pres