ExxonMobil to store CO2 on BLM lands in Wyoming

Up to 60 million cubic feet of CO2 per day from the Shute Creek natural gas plant can now be permanently sequestered underground in southwest Wyoming.

Posted 8/31/22

The company will inject up to 60 million cubic feet of CO2 per day from its Shute Creek natural gas processing facility near La Barge, according to the BLM. The greenhouse gas will be stored in a briny portion of the Madison Aquifer some 18,000 feet below the surface in an area that straddles the border between Lincoln and Sweetwater counties.

The permit is a first-of-its-kind for the BLM.

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