Minerva

Minerva CCS Hub, developed by Gulf Coast Sequestration, LLC (GCS), is located in Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes, Louisiana, serving industrial emitters across the Lake Charles, LA and Beaumont, TX corridors. The project includes a sequestration facility in Calcasieu Parish connected by a three-mile pipeline to the Minerva South well pad in Cameron Parish, where two injection wells: MS CCS 1 and MS CCS 2 will be drilled. Both wells target the Upper Frio Formation, a thick sandstone interval with significant pore volume and strong shale seals from the overlying Anahuac Formation. The hub is designed for a 30-year injection period, with each well averaging about 0.674 million metric tons per year, for a total of 20.2 million metric tons of CO₂ stored over the project life. The timeline spans roughly 89 years from permitting and construction through injection and a 50-year post-injection site care phase. Extensive geologic and seismic studies confirm structural integrity, evaluating nearby salt domes (Vinton and Black Bayou) and regional fault systems to ensure long-term containment. CO₂ for injection will be sourced from natural gas processing, LNG, and blue hydrogen facilities in the surrounding industrial corridor. GCS has secured land agreements with long-time Louisiana landowners (the Stream family).