Biden’s Pipeline Rules Target Key Link of Carbon Capture Buildout

The Biden administration’s new rulemaking for carbon dioxide pipeline safety, and a nearly $4 million fine for a 2020 pipeline rupture, are seen as a step toward carbon capture goals that envision building out thousands of miles of pipelines, industry watchers said Friday.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s measures arrived on Thursday with a long-awaited investigative report into Plano, Texas-based Denbury Inc.'s pipeline rupture that hospitalized at least 45 people in Satartia, Miss.

The incident prompted national alarm about the safety of carbon pipelines and emergency response readiness as the Energy Department aims to spend billions on carbon ...