Compilation of available resources on Financial Responsibility and Long Term Liability for Carbon Capture and Sequestration as of 01/07/2009

 

 

 

A-      EPA Resources

 

1-       Approaches to Geologic Sequestration Site Stewardship after Site Closure

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/pdfs/support_uic_co2_stewardshipforsiteclosure.pdf

 

2-       Guidance for Financial Assurance for Federally-Administered UIC Programs http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/pdfs/guidance/guide-memo_guidance-39_fin_assurance_di_1985.pdf

 

3-       Guidance for Financial Responsibility in Federally-Administered UIC class II Programs http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/pdfs/guidance/guide-memo_guidance-65_fin_resp_class2_di_1989.pdf

 

4-       Class II Financial Responsibility Documents http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/pdfs/Historical/memo_uic_class2_fin_resp_1995.pdf

 

5-       Additional Guidance documents can be found at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/guidance.html

 

6-       Additional information on Geologic Sequestration of CO2 can be found at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/wells_sequestration.html

 

7-       Link to the docket: http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp then enter the docket id EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0390 in the window to view all the documents in the docket.

 

8-       USEPA OW (WH-550). 1990. Federal Financial Responsibility Demonstrations for Owners and Operators of Class II Oil- and Gas-Related Injection Wells (Copy available upon request).

 

B-      Other Resources

 

1-       Trabucchi, C., Lee, C. 2007. UIC Financial Responsibility Program. IEc Memorandum (Copy available upon request).

 

C-      World Resources Institute

 

1-       Wilson, E.; De Figueiredo, M.; Trabucchi, Chiara; Larsen, Kate. Liability and Financial Responsibility Frameworks for Carbon Capture and Sequestration.       http://www.indecon.com/iec_Web/Expertise/WRI_IssueBrief_No.3.pdf

 

2-       Long-Term Liability Potentially Associated With Carbon Capture and Sequestration: November 1, 2007

·         Workshop Summary (PDF, 99 Kb, 19 pages). This meeting summary highlights the main points of discussion from the workshop, includes background information, and performs some of the analysis suggested in the discussion.

·         CCS Preliminary Storage Risk Log (PDF, 116 Kb, 22 pages). The purpose of this preliminary risk log is to provide a vehicle for ranking the risks potentially associated with Carbon Storage (CS) projects in order to facilitate discussion of options for addressing the long term liability associated with carbon storage.

3-       Long-Term CCS Liability: June 5, 2007

·         Summary (PDF, 179 Kb, 10 pages)

·         Presentations

o        Scale and Timing of CCS if it is Deployed as a Climate Strategy (PDF, 7.9 Mb, 16 pages) by James J Dooley, Joint Global Change Research Institute

o        Potential Liabilities and Mitigation Strategies for CCS (PDF, 5.1 Mb, 39 pages) by Sally M. Benson, Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University

o        Financial Responsibility: Options for Managing CCS Liability (PDF, 331 Kb, 7 pages) by Chiara Trabucchi, Industrial Economics

o        EU Regulatory Framework for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (PDF, 357 Kb, 11 pages) by Keith Harsham, BP

o        Managing Long Term Liability Associated with Carbon Storage: Elements of a Potential Policy Framework (PDF, 226 Kb, 14 pages) by Sarah Wade, AJW

4-       Siting Role Play Scenario Workshop: October 20, 2006

·         Siting Role Play Scenario Workshop (PDF, 98 Kb, 17 pages)

·         Presentations

o        Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Role Play Scenario (PDF, 52 Kb, 7 pages), Mike Dancison, CleanPower Inc.

o        Geological Carbon Storage in the Green Basin (PDF, 453 Kb, 9 pages), Iain Wright, Senior Technical Advisor, CleanPower Inc.

o        CleanPower Inc. and Carbon Capture and Sequestration in the Green Basin (PDF, 195 Kb, 7 pages), S. Julio Friedmann, Chief Operations Officer, CleanPower Inc.

o        CPI Today: The Need for New Generation (PDF, 52 Kb, 4 pages)

5-       Carbon Capture and Storage Liability: September 29, 2006

·         Executive Summary (PDF, 26 Kb, 1 page)

·         Summary (PDF, 79 Kb, 8 pages)

·         Presentations

o        Liability Issues Related to Geological Storage of CO2 (PDF, 3.7 Mb, 18 pages) by Sally M. Benson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

o        Long-term Liability of CO2 Geo-Sequestration (PDF, 167 Kb, 4 pages) by Michael Cox, Carson Hydrogen Power Project

o        Sequestration and FutureGen in Illinois (PDF, 3.9 Mb, 13 pages) by Robert J. Finley, Illinois State Geological Survey

o        FutureGen Issues with CCS Liability (PDF, 220 Kb, 9 pages) by Michael J. Mudd, FutureGen Industrial Alliance

o        Financial Responsibility: Challenges & Analogs for CCS (PDF, 82 Kb, 7 pages) by Chiara Trabucchi, Industrial Economics, Incorporated

6-       Carbon Capture and Storage Kick-Off Workshop: February 28, 2006

·         Workshop Summary (PDF, 52 Kb, 10 pages)

·         Agenda (PDF, 18 Kb, 2 pages)

·         Presentations

o        Macro and Micro: The Role for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Geologic Storage in Addressing Climate Change (PDF, 1.7 Mb, 28 pages). An overview presentation on the opportunities and challenges of CCS by Jim Dooley, Joint Global Change Research Institute.

o        Regulatory Issues Related to CO2 Capture (PDF, 1.6 Mb, 27 pages). Presentation by Ed Rubin, Carnegie Mellon University, on regulatory issues related to carbon capture.

o        CO2 Transportation (PDF, 6.6 Mb, 36 pages). A look at some of the issues related to transport of carbon dioxide in the larger CCS system, by Kinder Morgan CO2.

o        Siting and Monitoring CO2 Storage Projects (PDF, 3.0 Mb, 16 pages). Presentation by Sally Benson, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, on issues related to siting and monitoring CCS projects.

o        Liability and Accounting for CCS (PDF, 33 Kb, 12 pages). A look at accounting and liability issues related to CCS projects, by Elizabeth Wilson, University of Minnesota.

o        WRI’s Experience with Stakeholder Convening Processes (PDF, 36 Kb, 6 pages). A brief summary of how WRI has used the stakeholder consensus-building process to advance cooperation, by Jennifer Layke.

7-       Conceptual Risk Profile for Sequestration: Source: Sally Benson, Stanford University

·         Summary (PDF, 179 Kb, 10 pages)

·         Presentations

o        Scale and Timing of CCS if it is Deployed as a Climate Strategy (PDF, 7.9 Mb, 16 pages) by James J Dooley, Joint Global Change Research Institute

o        Potential Liabilities and Mitigation Strategies for CCS (PDF, 5.1 Mb, 39 pages) by Sally M. Benson, Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University

o        Financial Responsibility: Options for Managing CCS Liability (PDF, 331 Kb, 7 pages) by Chiara Trabucchi, Industrial Economics

o        EU Regulatory Framework for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (PDF, 357 Kb, 11 pages) by Keith Harsham, BP

o        Managing Long Term Liability Associated with Carbon Storage: Elements of a Potential Policy Framework (PDF, 226 Kb, 14 pages) by Sarah Wade, AJW