Dallas-based company Caracara Services has formed a joint agreement with a subsidiary of Houston-based firm Battalion Oil Corp to develop a gas treatment facility in West Texas.
Caracara Services LLC provides environmentally friendly and innovative solutions such as carbon sequestration, water treatment, and natural gas treatment. Battalion Oil Corporation is an independent energy company focusing on acquiring, exploring, and developing onshore oil and natural gas properties.
The two companies hope to develop and fund an acid gas treatment and carbon sequestration facility in the Delaware Basin of West Texas. CEO of Caracara Services Clane LaCrosse said that the joint agreement will create an environmentally friendly way to move domestic oil and gas.
The project, called “Brazos Amine Treater,” works by isolating harmful compounds underground in a reservoir rather than releasing them into the environment. This way, it destroys hydrogen sulfide, which can be detrimental to life, the environment, and the atmosphere. It also ensures the elimination of processes that release carbon dioxide.
“Raw natural gas that contains these harmful compounds at levels above industry standards can have impacts on humans, the environment, and our climate,” Caracara’s director of Gas Assets, Lester Caldwell, explained.
According to LaCrosse, the Delaware Basin of West Texas is a perfect spot for the project as it has elevated levels of carbon-hydrogen sulfide. He also explained that it is a large development area for oil.
The project will be fully commissioned in 2023, LaCrosse said. The company estimates that the project will treat 30 million cubic feet of up to 10% acid gas daily when it is fully operational. It is also expected to create 30 to 40 jobs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. LaCrosse referred to the project as “a real paradigm shift in the United States.”
The CEO also hinted at more such projects, as he says that a second treatment is under consideration. A second treatment facility would expand the project’s reach and help the facility deliver natural gas to third-party midstream companies in West Texas.