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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage


Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technological process of capturing carbon dioxide from a power plant or industrial activity and the storage of that captured carbon dioxide in an underground basalt formation, saline aquifer, depleted oil and gas reservoir, or sub-sea geologic formation.
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The Changing Legislation and Regulation of Carbon Capture and Storage: Impacts on Purpose, Policy, and Projects

2012
Scholarly Work
Michael G. Massicotte, Alan L. Ross, Chidinma B. Thompson
This article considers the impact of the Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 legislation and potential inter-jurisdictional conflicts, and briefly compares the CCS legislation of other jurisdictions with Alberta’s legislation.

Can Governments Ensure Adherence to the Polluter Pays Principle in the Long-Term CCS Liability Context

2012
Scholarly Work
Paul Bailey, Elizabeth McCullough, Sonya Suter
This article analyzes possible regulatory frameworks to address long-term CCS liabilities from the perspective of the Polluter Pays Principle (“PPP”).

Financial Mechanisms for Long-term CO2 Storage Liabilities

2012
Think Tank Report
IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)
This report reviews current laws and emerging CCS specific regulations, in different regions of the world and under different legal frameworks, to investigate and assess the various potential financial mechanisms for supporting CO2 liability.

Managing the Risks of Carbon Sequestration: Liability Concerns and Alternatives

2012
Scholarly Work
Elizabeth Lokey Aldrich, Cassandra Koerner, Joseph C. Perkowski, Travis L. McLing
This chapter examines the risks and liabilities associated with CCS and builds on legacy legal arrangements for liability management from industry experience in the subsurface storage of petroleum and natural gas.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration: A Regulatory Gap Assessment

2012
Scholarly Work
Lincoln Davies, Kirsten Uchitel, John Ruple, Heather Tanana
This report identifies a need for a comprehensive CCS regulatory regime based around a cooperative federalism approach that directly addresses liability concerns and that generally does not upset traditional lines of federal-state authority.

A Study on Domestic Policy Framework for Application of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage(CCS)

2012
Scholarly Work
Sun-Young Chae, Suk-Jae Kwon
This paper examines the current status and policy development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Korea and proposes establishing a legal framework based on the Korean 'Marine Environmental Management Act.'

EOR/CCS 360-Degree Legal Review

2012
Think Tank Report
Per Hemmer, Rania Kassis
This report provides a high-level regulatory overview of the legal issues of importance for a combined Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in Denmark.

Carbon Capture and Storage Regulatory Review for Trinidad and Tobago

2012
Think Tank Report
Jessica Morton, Alice Gibson, Ian Havercroft
This Global CCS Institute review considers how a CCS project, through its entire chain from concept and design to decommissioning, could fit into the current legal and regulatory framework of Trinidad and Tobago in 2012.

The development of carbon dioxide capture legislation in the UK

2012
Scholarly Work
Emily L. Agus, Kirsten Foy
This paper summarizes the development and implementation of UK government policy with respect to the EU CCS Directive, with particular regard given to the implications on the consenting of new CCGT power plants and coal-fired power plants.

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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