Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s moratorium on new carbon storage well permits has caused the state’s oil and gas industry and other advocates for carbon capture and storage to worry Texas will now look more attractive for projects.
The Environmental Protection Agency gave Texas a fresh leg up in the rivalry Nov. 12 by granting the state the authority to permit carbon storage wells by itself, putting both states on a similar regulatory playing field and potentially making Louisiana’s concerns about growing competition closer to becoming a reality.
Louisiana is “sort of always looking over its shoulder, right, whether it’s the …