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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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A Tale of Two Provinces: Imposing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Constraints through Law and Policy in Alberta and British Columbia

2010
Scholarly Work
Teresa Meadows, Tony Crossman
This article provides an overview of two Canadian provinces grappling with greenhouse gas regulatory issues and the developing frameworks to govern processes and practice for carbon capture and sequestration projects.

Ohio Rules on Carbon Injections

2010
Enacted Legislation
Ohio’s SB 165 established that the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management has the authority to issue permits for underground injection of carbon dioxide for secondary or tertiary recovery of oil or natural gas.

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 laws in Australia: project facilitation or a precautionary approach?

2010
Scholarly Work
Nicola Durrant
This paper examines the onshore and offshore regimes for CCS in Australia and the legal issues arising in relation to the implementation of CCS projects.

Evaluating the development of carbon capture and storage technologies in the United States

2010
Scholarly Work
Klaas van Alphen, Paul M. Noothout, Marko P. Hekkert, Wim C. Turkenburg
This paper outlines a policy strategy that stimulates technological learning, facilitates collaboration and coordination in CCS actor networks, creates financial and market incentives for the technology, and provides supportive regulation on CCS.

An Evaluation of Eminent Domain and a National Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Program: Redefining the Space Below

2010
Scholarly Work
Thomas R. DeCesar
This article considers the questions and problems regarding takings law that would likely arise from a national CCS program.

Prospects for Coal, CCTS and CCS in the European Union

2010
Think Tank Report
Stephen Mills
This IEA Clean Coal Centre report examines the scope and status of major EU clean coal and carbon capture and storage programs, including such initiatives as the creation of the Zero Emission Platform (ZEP) in 2006.

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.

Carbon Sequestration and Pore Space Ownership in Texas

2010
Scholarly Work
Madeline Mathews
This article reviews Texas state regulations and case law to define and clarify property rights to subsurface pore space, with a view towards carbon sequestration.

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