Montana Code 82-11-188. Incidental carbon dioxide storage — certification
82-11-188. Incidental carbon dioxide storage — certification. (1) An operator or producer of an oil or gas enhanced recovery project may request that the board certify the quantity of carbon dioxide being stored incidentally through the enhanced recovery project.
Terms Used In Montana Code 82-11-188
- Board: means the board of oil and gas conservation provided for in 2-15-3303. See Montana Code 82-11-101
- Enhanced recovery: means the increased recovery from a pool achieved by artificial means or by the application of energy extrinsic to the pool; such artificial means or application includes pressuring, cycling, pressure maintenance, or injection into the pool of any substance or form of energy as is contemplated in secondary recovery and tertiary programs but does not include the injection in a well of a substance or form of energy for the sole purpose of aiding in the lifting of fluids in the well or stimulating of the reservoir at or near the well by mechanical, chemical, thermal, or explosive means. See Montana Code 82-11-101
- Gas: means all natural gases and all other fluid hydrocarbons, including methane gas or any other natural gas found in any coal formation, as produced at the wellhead and not defined as oil in subsection (3). See Montana Code 82-1-111
- Oil: means crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced at the wellhead in liquid form by ordinary production methods and that are not the result of condensation of gas before or after it leaves the reservoir. See Montana Code 82-1-111
- Producer: means the owner of a well or wells capable of producing oil or gas or both. See Montana Code 82-11-101
(2)The operator or producer shall submit a plan to account for the incidentally stored carbon dioxide on a form provided by the board.
(3)Upon approval of the plan, the board shall certify the amount of carbon dioxide incidentally stored through the enhanced recovery project.
(4)An application for certification pursuant to this section is not an application for a geologic storage project or a carbon dioxide injection well for injection in a geologic storage reservoir. Certification of incidentally stored carbon dioxide pursuant to this section does not convert an enhanced recovery project to a geologic storage project and does not subject the enhanced recovery project to the requirements of the carbon dioxide injection well regulations or geologic storage reservoir regulations pursuant to this chapter.