California Resources Corporation made history on May 26 when it injected the first carbon dioxide into Carbon TerraVault I, the carbon capture and storage project at Elk Hills.
The facility is designed to trap and store carbon dioxide that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.
Carbon TerraVault 1 or CTV-1 is California’s first operational Carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. It establishes a market for storing CO₂ from industrial sources puts CRC in a small group of operators globally that have CCS projects in operation…