Aemetis Carbon Capture secures first CO2 sequestration well permit in California

In California, Aemetis Carbon Capture has been awarded the first CO2 sequestration characterization well permit issued by the State of California.

All of the necessary city, county, regional and state agency permits have been received to drill the CO2 sequestration characterization well on the 24-acre Riverbank site that was acquired by Aemetis in 2022.  A high capacity access road and operational pad for the deep well drilling rig and related equipment has already been completed.

The characterization well is designed to be drilled to a depth of about 8,000 feet in order to obtain the soil composition data required for the issuance of a final EPA Class VI Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) well permit. The CCS injection well is expected to sequester about 1.4 million metric tonnes per year of CO2, with approximately 200,000 metric tonnes of CO2 per year produced by the Aemetis sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel plant under development on an adjacent parcel of the 125-acre Riverbank site.