Louisiana CCS Pause, Shell & Enerkem exit methanol project

DTE submits Class VI permit to sequester Poet’s Shelbyville ethanol emissions in Indiana

Louisiana has issued a temporary moratorium on new Class VI carbon-sequestration permit applications, pausing new reviews until updated safety and transparency standards are implemented

Existing applications will proceed, but developers must provide detailed documentation on landowner rights, public engagement, and local economic impacts

The directive strengthens project oversight, requiring agencies to enhance public transparency, align pipeline and well safety with federal regulations, and include workforce, economic, and community-risk assessments in all reviews

There are 32 applications in the queue accounting for 107 Class VI wells

The Class VI review team will concentrate on the following permit applications:

Topsoe, Sasol, DLR, and Griesemann Gruppe signed a cooperation agreement to build and operate an e-fuels demonstration plant at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany.

The facility will produce about 2,500 tons per year of synthetic fuels, mainly kerosene, beginning in Q4 2027.

Feedstocks will include renewable hydrogen and biogenic CO₂, enabling low-carbon fuel production.

The project is backed by €130 million in funding from the German Federal Ministry for Transport.

Topsoe will provide its eREACT™ hydrogen and fuel synthesis technology, Sasol will supply its G2L™ Fischer-Tropsch process, and Griesemann Gruppe will serve as EPC contractor.

StormFisher Hydrogen has acquired Recyclage Carbone Varennes (RCV) in Québec to repurpose the site into North America’s first large-scale, low-carbon methanol plant

The plant will use clean hydrogen and captured CO₂ to produce over 72,000 tonnes of low-carbon methanol annually, capturing more than 100,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year

Announced in December 2020, the CAD $875 million Varennes biofuel plant will convert over 200,000 tonnes per year of non-recyclable and wood waste into about 125 million liters of biofuels, powered by an 87 MW electrolyzer for green hydrogen developed by Shell, Suncor, and Enerkem

The Canada Infrastructure Bank committed CAD $277 million to the project

​​Arbor Energy raises $55M Series A to complete demonstration of 1 megawatt project 'ATLAS'

California Resources Corporation (CRC) has broken ground on the state’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project

ENI drills carbon storage appraisal well in Hewett gas field in UK’s North Sea

Sirona Technologies is commissioning its second project, Project Moringa, in the UAE / Oman, following the successful completion of its first project in Kenya.