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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.

Carbon Capture and Storage: Model Regulatory Framework

2010
Think Tank Report
International Energy Agency (IEA)
This report seeks to provide a tool for governments to use in developing national CCS plans and frameworks that addresses all stages of the CCS chain, from carbon dioxide capture, to its transportation and storage.

NSW Proposals for a Regulatory Framework for Greenhouse Gas Injection and Storage

2010
Think Tank Report
Global CCS Institute
This is the Global CCS Institute's response to Australia's Industry and Investment Department’s position paper on Proposals for a Regulatory Framework for Greenhouse Gas Injection and Storage.

Assessing a Liability Regime for Carbon Capture and Storage

2009
Scholarly Work
Elizabeth J. Wilson, Alexandra B. Klass, Sara Bergan
This paper examines potential CCS liability within a U.S. context and surveys the existing environmental and tort law liability regimes that may affect CCS.

Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.041 et seq.

2009
Enacted Legislation
State of Texas
Gives jurisdiction over CO2 injection to Railroad Commission and authorizes the Commission to permit, collect fees for, and prescribe operational standards for CO2 storage facilities.

Environmental bonds and the challenge of long-term carbon sequestration

2009
Scholarly Work
David Gerard, Elizabeth J. Wilson
The paper examines the use of bonding to address environmental problems and looks at its possible application to CCS projects.

The legal and political framework for CCS and its implications for a European Utility

2009
Scholarly Work
Peter Radgen, Samuel Kutter, Jörg Kruhl
This paper reviews the European Directive on CCS from the perspective of a European utility.

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