Sustaining sequestration

By News Staff on Monday, December 29, 2025
Update is given on carbon capture project
  • 1PointFive is developing the Magnolia Sequestration Hub in Allen Parish that can securely store carbon dioxide more than one mile underground. (Photo courtesy of William B. Fitzgerald)
    1PointFive is developing the Magnolia Sequestration Hub in Allen Parish that can securely store carbon dioxide more than one mile underground. (Photo courtesy of William B. Fitzgerald)
    By: TONY MARKS Editor As a new year begins in Allen Parish, work is continuing on a project that is designed to store carbon dioxide which will be injected into the ground. The project at the Magnolia Sequestration Hub, though, still raises several questions as to the safety of the drinking water and the economic impact to the parish. Doug Conquest, the vice president of 1PointFive, manages t...

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