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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 70
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-38
UTILIZING SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS WITH INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES ACT
MAY 13, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 383]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 383) to support carbon dioxide utilization and
direct air capture research, to facilitate the permitting and develop-
ment of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and
carbon dioxide pipelines, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
Carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) is a proc-
ess that involves capturing manmade carbon dioxide (C02) and
reusing or storing the carbon dioxide to keep it from entering into
or persisting in the atmosphere. The beginnings of CCUS can be
traced to the early 1970s, when captured carbon dioxide was first
injected into oil fields to improve oil recovery.1 Since then, the proc-
ess of capturing and storing carbon dioxide has become a proven
type of technology used around the world. Eighteen large-scale
CCUS projects are in operation globally, nine of which are located
in the United States.2 While carbon dioxide has been used commer-
cially for decades in enhanced oil recovery operations, other exist-
' IEA Greenhouse GH R&D Programme, A Brief History of CCS and Current Status, http://
ieaghg.org/docs/General Docs/Publications/Information Sheets for CCS 2.pdf.
2Global CCS Institute, Large Scale CCS facilities, http://www.globalccsinstitute.com/projects/
large-scale-ccs-projects.
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