Current estimates suggest that there are 5,200 miles of existing pipelines suitable for transporting CO2. However, the nation’s carbon transport infrastructure will need to increase significantly if the carbon capture, utilization, and storage industry is going to reach its full potential.
With no federal entity overseeing the siting of interstate CO2 pipelines, developing this infrastructure can be a complicated process requiring multiple layers of review.
In this webinar, Scyller Borgum, the Underground Storage Market Lead at WSP, and Harry Warren, a Senior Consultant at the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office, discuss regulatory and permitting challenges associated with developing carbon transport infrastructure, as well as policy mechanisms that can be leveraged to advance transport projects.
The potential to permanently store vast quantities of captured carbon in the West’s subterranean geologic structures is often talked about as a game-changer in the world of decarbonization, but there are significant risks and liability concerns that give developers pause.
As part of Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s Decarbonizing the West initiative, Reice Haase, the Deputy Executive Director of the North Dakota Industrial Commission, and Madeleine Lewis, a licensed attorney and policy research scientist at the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources, joined WGA for a webinar in which they explored strategies for mitigating these risks and addressing the liability challenges that may be prohibitive to the development of geologic carbon storage projects.
Watch here.
