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# Louisiana Issues Permits for Two CO₂ Storage Wells South of Highway 108
- URL: https://www.thecalcasieupost.com/louisiana-issues-permits-for-two-co2-storage-wells-south-of-highway-108/
- Published: 2026-10-28T11:36:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T11:36:17.000Z
- Author: The Calcasieu Post
- Tags: Health & Environment, Business & Industry

**CAMERON PARISH, La. —** After years of discussion about carbon capture projects in Southwest Louisiana, one proposed underground storage facility has cleared a significant regulatory hurdle. On October 21, Louisiana issued permits to drill two carbon dioxide storage wells for Gulf Coast Sequestration’s Minerva South project.

Although officially located in Cameron Parish, the proposed wells are in the far western part of the parish, south of the Highway 108 corridor near Vinton and the Texas border. The site has been described as approximately 7.5 miles south of Highway 108, although that distance has not been independently verified against the state’s well-location records.

The approvals are a change from the public hearings and permit applications residents have been hearing about for years. State records now list both applications as **issued**, authorizing construction of Minerva South CCS wells Nos. 001 and 002\. The applications were originally submitted in February 2024, and a public hearing was held in Hackberry on July 23, 2026.

The proposed facility is designed to inject approximately 19 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into underground rock formations over 30 years, at depths approaching 10,700 feet. Project materials describe a potential additional storage interval that could accommodate another 2.14 million metric tons in the future. Those figures represent proposed operations, not carbon dioxide already stored underground.

The October 21 approvals do not establish that drilling has begun or that carbon dioxide injection is authorized to start. Louisiana’s Class VI permitting process requires additional regulatory steps before injection operations can commence. The state’s records also show that two other applications associated with Gulf Coast Sequestration’s Minerva North proposal were withdrawn, although the reason has not been established.

The next phase of scrutiny concerns the actual permit conditions, including groundwater monitoring, underground pressure limits, emergency procedures and financial responsibility after operations end. For residents along the Highway 108 corridor and in western Cameron Parish, the latest development is no longer simply another announcement about a possible carbon storage project. **Louisiana has officially issued drilling permits for two wells intended to support decades of underground CO₂ storage.**