North Dakota regulators reject permit for Summit CO2 pipeline; Summit intends to reapply

North Dakota regulators reject permit for Summit CO2 pipeline; Summit intends to reapply

By Joey Harris and David Velázquez, Bismarck Tribune (Aug. 11, 2023)

“Geography, weather and atmospheric conditions determine the spread of CO2, according to Kenneth Clarkson, communications director for the Pipeline Safety Trust. Due to CO2 being heavier than air and lacking an odor, it has the potential to spread close to the ground undetected if a leak were to occur.

Summit argued that its pipeline is critical infrastructure and that sharing information from the security system plan related to the dispersion study could enable bad actors to strike it.”