A new regulation establishes the process for companies to seek tenure rights to evaluate potential deep carbon storage sites for storing carbon dioxide in Alberta.
The regulation for this greenhouse gas reduction technology will guide how large-scale carbon capture and storage projects will proceed in Alberta.
Under the Carbon Sequestration Tenure Regulation, companies will apply for pore space tenure following the same model that is in place for petroleum and natural gas rights.
Companies will need to continue to work with landowners to obtain surface access and the Energy Resources Conservation Board to obtain necessary approvals.
For example, these projects will need a well licence before an injection well can be drilled and an additional approval before commercial scale sequestration can begin.
Existing provisions remain for landowners to intervene in the application process and to seek compensation.
