CalCapture is a carbon capture and storage project that intends to capture CO2 from the Elk Hills Power Plant, a 550-megawatt natural gas, combined-cycle power plant, located in Kern County, California, and inject that CO2 deep underground for permanent sequestration in depleted underground reservoirs.

CalCapture is targeting to capture and permanently store 1.4 million metric tons of CO2 every year.

In May 2022, California Resources Corporation entered into an agreement with NEXT Carbon Solutions, a subsidiary of Next Decade Corporation, for a second FEED study for CalCapture to further explore the decarbonization of the Elk Hills power plant through the application of NCS’ proprietary post-combustion carbon capture processes.

NCS is performing a FEED study for the post-combustion capture and compression of up to 95% of the CO2 produced at the Elk Hills Power Plant.

A Final Investment Decision is targeted for 1H24.