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Putting the Puzzle Together: State and Federal Policy Drivers for Growing America’s Carbon Capture & CO2-EOR Industry

2016
Think Tank Report
The Great Plains Institute
This report takes a detailed look at the current policy landscape and evaluates and recommends several key federal and state policy options that will enhance the further commercial deployment of CO2-EOR.

Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification

2015
Think Tank Report
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)
The SFI has certified 250 million acres of forest in the US and Canada, and recognizes the importance of forests in carbon capture and climate change mitigation.

A 2015 Analysis and Update on U.S. Pore Space Law —The Necessity of Proceeding Cautiously With Respect to the “Stick” Known as Pore Space

2015
Scholarly Work
Trae Gray
This paper provides an analysis and update (as of 2015) on current pore space law in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 30-5-502

2015
Enacted Legislation
State of Wyoming
Provides for Oil & Gas Conservation Commission to certify geologic CO2 sequestration incidental to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations.

Regulatory Promotion of Emergent CCS Technology

2014
Scholarly Work
Lincoln Davies, Kirsten Uchitel, David Johnson
This report examines potential regulatory models for promoting CCS and seeks to assess where those regulatory regimes address or fail to address the impediments to commercial-scale CCS deployment.

Mich. Comp. L. Ann. § 205.303

2014
Enacted Legislation
State of Michigan
Grants a reduced severance tax rate to approved enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects using carbon dioxide injection.

Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-19

2013
Enacted Legislation
State of Mississippi
Applies a significantly reduced sales tax rate to carbon dioxide sold to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects or permanent geological sequestration.

Pouring Out Our Soils: Facing the Challenge of Poorly Defined Property Rights in Subsurface Pore Space for Carbon Capture and Storage

2012
Scholarly Work
Kenneth R. Richards, Joice Chang, Joanna E. Allerhand, John Rupp
This article seeks to provide insight into how U.S. states might approach the task of defining and clarifying property rights to subsurface pore space, particularly rights to the types of structures that are relevant to CCS.

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