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Long-term Liability for Carbon Capture and Storage in Depleted North American Oil and Gas Reservoirs A Comparative Analysis

2010
Scholarly Work
Norma Nielson, Allan Ingelson, Anne Kleffner
This article examines emerging legislative frameworks, in a limited number of jurisdictions, that have been adopted to manage long-term liability: viz., Wyoming, Kansas, Montana, the European Union (EU), and Australia.

Issues of liability during the post-abandonment phase of carbon capture and storage: The Case of Alberta, Canada

2010
Scholarly Work
Cayley Burgess
This paper finds that Alberta’s current framework for assigning the long-term liability for damages arising from CCS is neither clear nor realistic and concludes with policy recommendations to Alberta’s government.

Legal and regulatory developments associated with carbon dioxide capture and storage: A global update

2009
Scholarly Work
Tom Kerr, Ian Havercroft, Tim Dixon
This paper provides a 2009 update of the regulatory and legal developments of CCS in the European Union, United States, Australia, Canada, and Norway, as part of the IEA’s International CCS Regulator’s Network.

Developing a legal regime for carbon capture and storage in Canada: some reflections based upon a survey of natural gas storage regimes

2009
Scholarly Work
Nigel Bankes
This paper identifies methods of developing legal and regulatory frameworks for natural gas storage in the context of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Canada.

Legal and regulatory challenges in the implementation of CO2 geological storage: An Alberta and Canadian perspective

2008
Scholarly Work
Stefan Dachu
This paper reviews the current provincial and federal legislation and regulations in Canada to show that the existing legal and regulatory regime is reasonably sufficient, with some modifications, to accommodate the injection phase of carbon capture.

Australian Legislation on Carbon Capture and Storage: A Canadian Perspective

2008
Scholarly Work
Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta
This paper offers a critique of Australian CCS legislation from a Canadian perspective and identifies what Canadian regulators and companies can learn from the Australian approach.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Deployment – Can Canada Capitalize on Experience?

2008
Scholarly Work
Drew Thomson, Anshuman Khare
This paper presents an overview of Canada's experience with carbon capture & storage (CCS) initiatives and examines the success Canada has had with carbon capture and storage.

Policy Option Paper — Closing the Liability Gap

2008
Think Tank Report
Mary Griffiths
This report proposes that long-term CCS liability should focus on the liability for leaks to any area outside the designated storage zone after the abandonment of the injection well.

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