CCUS projects involve several discrete areas of law. This presentation will provide a general overview of the legal landscape for CCUS projects geared to the non-lawyer. These topics include property law, governmental regulations, and tax incentives.

The property law discussion will cover pore space rights, interactions between mineral and surface owners, and issues that arise when the land is owned by a governmental entity.

The regulatory discussion will introduce the process for approval of CCS storage facilities, Class VI well permitting, and the process for approval of enhanced recovery projects.

Last, several tax incentives available for CCUS projects will be introduced, including federal and state tax credits applicable to projects in Louisiana.

For more information, the reader is referred to: Lieberman, J. D., 2022, A primer on CCUS regulation in Louisiana: SAGE MAGE, v. 1, no. 1, p. 12 and 29.

BIOGRAPHY: Jeffrey D. Lieberman is an energy lawyer practicing in the Lafayette office of Liskow & Lewis. His practice includes title, conveyance, unitization, permitting, and regulatory issues involving oil and gas, renewables, and CCUS. Jeff regularly appears before the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation and the State Mineral and Energy Board in Baton Rouge. He received his Law Degree, magna cum laude, from the Louisiana State University in 2008, where he was a member of the Louisiana Law Review.