Coastal Bend LNG Launches FEED Study on Carbon Capture Tech

Coastal Bend LNG has commenced a FEED study with Solvanic on a carbon capture system that increases the efficiency of greenhouse gas capture.

Privately held Coastal Bend LNG is developing a 22.5 million tonnes per annum export facility along the Texas Gulf Coast.

The process is known as electrochemically mediated amine regeneration (EMAR) carbon capture. Solvanic has an agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor T. Alan Hatton’s research group to use the technology.

The technology uses an electrochemical process to release CO2 captured by amines with electricity, rather than high-temperature steam traditionally used in thermal amine systems. This approach reduces the energy requirements and capital costs for carbon capture.

Coastal Bend LNG plans to pre-file its permits with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by the end of 2025.