PORE SPACE: TECHNICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CO2 STORAGE IN NORTH DAKOTA
Access to and use of pore space has been identified as a long-standing regulatory and legal challenge to commercial deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). This report focuses on the technical and legal considerations associated with the use of pore space in geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) from a North Dakota perspective. North Dakota has experienced a rapid increase in project developers that are interested in advancing commercial CO2 storage projects in the state. The first two projects in the state have received permit approval to geologically store CO2 in North Dakota and represent first-of-a-kind efforts to amalgamate pore space for CO2 storage, marking a critical development for the emerging CCUS industry in North Dakota.View/Download Document