Our Future Flows Through Pipelines

New CO2 pipelines and underground storage will help us achieve climate goals, support existing industries, and drive job growth in the Rocky Mountain West.

About CO2 Pipelines & Storage: How They Work

We can now capture CO2 emissions instead of releasing them into the atmosphere. Pipelines are needed to deliver those emissions from where they’re captured to their permanent underground storage area.

How Permanent Storage Works

  • Storing CO2 is like the reverse of drilling for natural gas. Instead of drilling through rock to extract gas, CO2 is injected under rock layers deep underground that keep oil and gas locked in place.
  • CO2 storage sites are carefully selected after rigorous analysis to ensure they are geologically suitable. CO2 is stored thousands of feet underground, well below any sources of drinking water.

How Permanent Storage Works

  • Storing CO2 is like the reverse of drilling for natural gas. Instead of drilling through rock to extract gas, CO2 is injected under rock layers deep underground that keep oil and gas locked in place.
  • CO2 storage sites are carefully selected after rigorous analysis to ensure they are geologically suitable. CO2 is stored thousands of feet underground, well below any sources of drinking water.

How Permanent Storage Works

  • Storing CO2 is like the reverse of drilling for natural gas. Instead of drilling through rock to extract gas, CO2 is injected under rock layers deep underground that keep oil and gas locked in place.
  • CO2 storage sites are carefully selected after rigorous analysis to ensure they are geologically suitable. CO2 is stored thousands of feet underground, well below any sources of drinking water.

CO2 Pipelines are Safe

Compared with trains and trucks, pipelines have the best safety track record. Government oversight and new technology makes CO2 pipelines safe in the Rocky Mountains.

CO2 pipelines transport captured emissions that would otherwise be released to the atmosphere from industrial facilities to permanent underground storage.

Why Here?

CO2 capture and sequestration will benefit existing industrial jobs and create new jobs in emerging industries.

  • The Rocky Mountains have a long, proven history of safe underground storage operations.

  • Extensive research has identified the best, safest underground CO2 storage spaces, and the Rocky Mountains have an abundance.

Benefits of New CO2 Pipelines

Rocky Mountain West Jobs

CO2 pipelines and storage will provide thousands of construction jobs and long term job opportunities for the region.

Energy Security

The low-carbon energy future starts in the Rockies. We will lead the way to greater U.S. energy security.

Transition to Low Carbon Energy

We can significantly reduce or eliminate the carbon intensity of the energy we use by capturing and storing emissions.

Today in America, There Are Already 5,000 Miles of Operating CO2 Pipelines

  • The products and services we need produce carbon dioxide, including cars, planes, agriculture, and manufacturing.

  • Carbon capture and storage helps us achieve our climate goals by storing emissions safely underground forever.

  • CO2 pipelines and storage help us enjoy a modern economy while protecting the environment and creating new, low carbon energy jobs.

But more are needed to secure our low carbon energy future.

CO2 Pipeline Safety in Action

CO2 pipeline operators proactively inspect their pipelines and conduct preventive maintenance. Pipeline personnel monitor operations 24/7 and can shut down a CO2 pipeline if there is a problem. CO2 pipelines are constructed with high-grade steel and a protective coating to help prevent corrosion.

Hi-Tech Inspection Tools

Preventive Maintenance

24/7 Monitoring

High Quality Steel & Protective Coatings

Pipeline Basics

Information on how pipelines work, how they are constructed and what pipeline operators do to keep them safe.

Benefits

Pipelines deliver the benefits of affordable energy, helping us get where we need to go and making life more convenient.

Safety & Environment

Proactive inspections, preventive maintenance, and 24/7 monitoring all keep pipelines and surrounding areas safe.