A previous distraction discussed plans for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Norway. Gassnova, an enterprise set up under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, is in charge of Norwegian CCS projects. Gassnova has just issued a feasibility study for CO2 injection into the continental shelf below the North Sea. The study concluded that CO2 [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Norwegian Storage Pt. 2
Posted in carbon capture & storage on 30 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Flip Side of Liability
Posted in carbon capture & storage, carbon markets, law on 25 September 2007 | 1 Comment »
A colleague and I have been looking at the issue of potential liability for sequestered CO2. Liability might be incurred if CO2 injected into the subsurface damages a resource such as oil, natural gas, or water, or if the CO2 leaks into the atmosphere. Liability is not an insignificant issue if carbon sequestration is to [...]
Energy Bill Walk Through
Posted in carbon capture & storage, law on 21 September 2007 | 1 Comment »
The U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee has begun talks aimed at reconciling the House and Senate versions of the energy bill. The talks are merely a “walk through” to educate relevant committee staffs on the issues. A formal conference committee has not been convened. It is still unclear whether an energy bill can [...]
Energy Bill
Posted in carbon capture & storage, global warming, law on 15 September 2007 | 1 Comment »
The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate both passed energy bills this summer: H.R. 3221 in the House (Pelosi) and H.R. 6 in the Senate (Rahall). The bills will now proceed to conference committee to come up with a single piece of legislation to vote on. The members of the conference committee have [...]
Dark Carbon
Posted in carbon capture & storage, global warming on 5 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a quotation from the recent edition of Nature (499, 14-15, 6 September 2007):
This last point is really the elephant in the room for coal liquefaction. Because processing a tonne of coal produces much more CO2 than a tonne of crude oil, the environmental case rests on the hazy prospect that the CO2 can [...]
No Consensus on the Convention
Posted in carbon capture & storage, law on 4 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As reported in an earlier blog entry, the London Protocol to the London Covention (relating to dumping at sea) was amended in 2006 to expressly permit sequestration of CO2 beneath the seabed. Currently, a working group is drafting Specific Guidelines for the Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Streams for Disposal into Sub-seabed Geological Formations for submission [...]
