Louisiana has picked 6 carbon capture projects as priorities. Here's where, what it means.

Louisiana officials have selected six carbon capture projects from the more than 30 in the regulatory pipeline that they intend to focus most on.

The new guidance from the state Department of Conservation and Energy is part of a concerted effort to prioritize carbon capture projects and implement a new law requiring more local input in the regulatory process.

The six priority projects are:

Capio Sherburne CCS Well No. 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish.

CCS 2 - Wilcox by CapturePoint in Vernon Parish.

Goose Lake by Gulf Coast Sequestration in Calcasieu Parish.

Minerva by Gulf Coast Sequestration in Cameron Parish.

Louisiana Green Fuels Columbia in Caldwell Parish.

River Parish Sequestration - RPN 1 in Ascension Parish.

On Sept. 1, Tyler Gray, Gov. Jeff Landry's outgoing energy secretary, d