CRC gets EPA’s first California carbon injection permits

In another big step for Kern’s nascent carbon management industry, the federal government issued four permits this week for injection of carbon dioxide more than a mile below the Elk Hills Oil Field for the purpose of addressing climate change.

The permit awarded Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to a joint venture led by Long Beach-based California Resources Corp. is the first of its kind in the state. It followed a public comment process that elicited thousands of public comments, many of them skeptical of the technology.

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