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Wyoming Pipeline Infrastructure 63

Wyoming Pipeline Infrastructure 63

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In 2019, Governor Gordon of Wyoming requested the U.S. Department of Energy conduct a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) study for some of the state’s coal fueled power plants. The objective of this study was to conduct an evaluation of CCUS, the potential opportunities for retrofitting existing power plants, the economic impact, and ca...

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... are shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5. Existing built and operating CO2 pipeline networks are more limited, but significant when compared to other states. The primary CO2 pipeline is the 232-mile Greencore Pipeline operated by Denbury resources, and often referred to as the Denbury Pipeline. ...
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... Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative (WPCI) was designed in 2012 to prepermit 1914 miles of corridors in Wyoming for future pipelines carrying oil, natural gas, CO2, and other substances 62 . The WPCI corridors (see Figure 4) are intended to expedite construction and provide regulatory stability. shows that the power plants considered in this study are located near existing utility corridors, and/or located near the proposed WPCI corridors. ...

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