The story of Texas is incomplete without talking about the natural bounties lying underground that shaped our state’s destiny, employed millions over decades and helped fundamentally transform modern life. Just as the geology blessed Texas with oil and natural gas, it has blessed many parts of the state including Southeast Texas with the ideal underground characteristics needed to help decarbonize the world.

The opportunity is right here, under our feet. That’s something I learned after years of running an oil and gas company, and then when I founded a company to capture carbon and store it underground. Southeast Texas, especially Chambers, Harris, Jefferson and Liberty counties, is poised to benefit from carbon capture.

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