A Phased Approach to Building a Hypothetical Pipeline Network for CO2 Transport During CCUS

Abstract Carbon capture, utilization, and storage continue to receive attention as a way to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and would likely employ a pipeline network to transport the CO 2 to the storage locations. The Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership estimated how a theoretical CO 2 pipeline network might be built out in the PCOR Partnership region, over what time frame it might be built, and how much it might cost. It was found that a hypothetical pipeline network of trunk lines roughly 10,780 km in total length could provide an overall CO2 reduction for the region of about 555.6 Mtonnes CO 2 /yr by 2050.