Denbury Provides CCUS Update, Including 2022 Goals and Multiple New Agreements

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Denbury Inc. (NYSE: DEN) has updated its progress in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) through its Denbury Carbon Solutions division. The company aims to secure agreements for over 10 million metric tons of captured CO₂ emissions annually and establish storage sites with a capacity of at least 1.2 billion tons of CO₂ by the end of 2022. Key agreements include leasing pore space in Louisiana with a capacity for 150 million tons of CO₂ and collaborating with Infinium on ultra-low carbon fuels, highlighting Denbury's growth potential in the CCUS sector.

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• Establishment of agreements for CO₂ transportation and storage expected to reach over 10 million metric tons annually.
• Significant CO₂ sequestration site leased in Louisiana with a capacity exceeding 150 million metric tons.
• Collaboration with Infinium to develop ultra-low carbon fuels, indicating diversification and innovation.

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PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Denbury Inc. (NYSE: DEN) (“Denbury” or “the Company”) today provided an update on the continued growth of Denbury Carbon Solutions, its carbon capture, utilization, and storage (“CCUS”) business, including established 2022 goals and multiple new agreements for CO₂ transportation, utilization and storage services.

The Company’s 2022 goals for Denbury Carbon Solutions that will further advance the Company’s vision of leading the energy transition with world-class carbon solutions include:

• Reach agreements for transportation and storage of captured industrial CO₂ emissions totaling in excess of a cumulative 10 million metric tons of CO₂ per year (mmtpa);
• Secure CO₂ sequestration sites in strategic locations with an aggregate storage potential of at least 1.2 billion tons of CO₂; and
• Progress pre-development activities on multiple potential sequestration sites, with Class VI permitting processes commenced during 2022.

The above volumetric targets are inclusive of all prior agreements announced, including those executed in 2021 and thus far in 2022.

Chris Kendall, Denbury’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Following a year of tremendous progress and strong execution across our business, I believe that 2022 will be a year of significant transformation for our Company as we rapidly advance the commercialization of our CCUS business. We’ve established aggressive but achievable 2022 goals for our CCUS business related to long-term CO₂ transportation and storage agreements as well as the development of large-scale permanent sequestration fields and facilities. With the agreements announced in 2022 to date, we are off to a great start. Our mission in CCUS is to provide the industry’s most extensive and reliable CO₂ transportation and storage service network, leveraging our existing pipeline system, sub-surface expertise, EOR assets and over two decades of experience with CO₂. Importantly, in our existing Gulf Coast enhanced oil recovery business, we can inject upwards of 10 million tons of captured industrial CO₂ per year, under existing permits and regulations, making us the only CCUS company that can provide an integrated CO₂ solution and certainty of takeaway today. We look forward to where we will take our CCUS business in 2022.”

2022 SEQUESTRATION SITE AGREEMENTS

• Denbury has signed a definitive agreement with a large landowner to lease a substantial pore space position just east of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, with an estimated sequestration capacity of more than 150 million metric tons of CO₂. The sequestration site is less than 10 miles from the Company’s Green Pipeline, with excellent geologic characteristics supporting high CO₂ injectivity and extensive sealing formations. First injection at the site is targeted as early as 2025. The site is in close proximity to one of the highest geographic concentrations of industrial CO₂ emissions in the U.S.
• The Company previously announced that it signed a definitive agreement for the exclusive rights to develop a CO₂ sequestration site near Mobile, Alabama. Denbury estimates the total CO₂ storage potential of this site to be over 300 million metric tons. This site is anticipated to initially anchor development of a CO₂ sequestration hub in the Mobile Bay area targeting existing and newbuild projects. The Company estimates that the site could be ready to receive CO₂ injection by 2026. Depending on the pace and scale of regional CCUS development, Denbury may consider expanding its Gulf Coast CO₂ pipeline network to connect to this site.

The cumulative CO₂ sequestration potential secured by Denbury currently totals more than 850 million metric tons.

2022 TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE & UTILIZATION AGREEMENTS

• The Company executed a term sheet for the transportation and storage of CO₂ from an existing chemicals plant located in Louisiana, less than 15 miles from the Company’s Green Pipeline. The agreement covers a 12-year timeframe, commencing as early as 2025, and provides for an additional extension period subject to mutual agreement by both parties. Annual CO₂ volumes are estimated to be 0.4 mmtpa, and Denbury is provided flexibility under the agreement to utilize the CO₂ in either enhanced oil recovery or direct sequestration.
• Denbury also executed a term sheet with a developer that intends to build a hydrogen plant in Wyoming within 5 miles of Denbury’s pipeline infrastructure in the Rocky Mountains. Volumes of CO₂ are anticipated to commence at 0.1 mmtpa as early as 2024, growing to more than 1 mmtpa over a multi-year period. The agreement is for 20 years with options to extend. Denbury currently plans to utilize this CO₂ in its enhanced oil recovery operations.
• The Company announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with clean fuels innovator Infinium to collaborate on developing ultra-low carbon fuels projects in Brazoria County, Texas. Infinium electrofuels are a direct replacement for traditional jet fuel and diesel. The electrofuels facilities in Texas will convert renewable power into ‘green’ hydrogen and combine it with industrial-sourced CO₂ to produce ultra-low carbon transport fuels. Under the arrangement, Denbury will source and transport captured industrial CO₂ to the Infinium facilities, which are planned to be sited in close proximity to Denbury’s existing and planned CO₂ pipeline infrastructure, beginning as early as 2025. The Infinium facilities are anticipated to utilize up to 1.5 million tons of CO₂ per year. Denbury has an equity investment option in the projects.

Denbury’s cumulative CO₂ transportation, storage and utilization agreements currently cover approximately 5 million metric tons of CO₂ per year.

Nik Wood, Senior Vice President, CCUS, stated, “Today’s announcements demonstrate great progress in advancing Denbury’s CCUS business toward significant value creation. With our 20+ years of experience in moving and injecting CO₂, our 1,300+ mile CO₂ pipeline system, and multiple potential sequestration sites in very close proximity to our infrastructure, Denbury is positioned extremely well to lead the industry in decarbonizing our world by safely and economically transporting and storing significant volumes of industrial-sourced CO₂.”

ABOUT DENBURY

Denbury is an independent energy company with operations and assets focused on Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in the Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain regions. For over two decades, the Company has maintained a unique strategic focus on utilizing CO₂ in its EOR operations and since 2012 has been active in CCUS through the injection of captured industrial-sourced CO₂. The Company currently injects over three million tons of captured industrial-sourced CO₂ annually, and its objective is to fully offset its Scope 1, 2, and 3 CO₂ emissions within this decade, primarily through increasing the amount of captured industrial-sourced CO₂ used in its operations. For more information about Denbury, visit www.denbury.com.

The Denbury Carbon Solutions team was formed in January 2020 to advance Denbury’s leadership in the anticipated high-growth CCUS industry, leveraging Denbury’s unique capabilities and assets that were developed over the last 20-plus years through its focus on CO₂ EOR.

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This press release uses the term “agreement” to refer to both executed definitive agreements and executed term sheets covering various CCUS arrangements. These arrangements are subject to technical and feasibility evaluations, and in the case of certain of the CO₂ transportation, utilization and storage term sheets, the building of new industrial facilities in future years.

This press release contains forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the nature and extent of agreements reached with nearby emission capture facilities, along with the results of Denbury’s pre-injection period tests and assessments. These statements are based on engineering, geological, financial and operating assumptions that management of both parties believe are reasonable based on currently available information; however, their achievement are subject to a wide range of business risks, and there is no assurance that these goals and projections can or will be met. Actual results may vary materially. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent the parties’ estimates only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing its estimates as of any future date. The parties assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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DENBURY CONTACTS:

Brad Whitmarsh, 972.673.2020, brad.whitmarsh@denbury.com

Beth Bierhaus, 972.673.2554, beth.bierhaus@denbury.com

Source: Denbury Inc.

FAQ

What are Denbury's goals for 2022 regarding carbon capture?

Denbury aims to secure agreements for over 10 million metric tons of CO₂ emissions annually and establish CO₂ storage sites with a capacity of at least 1.2 billion tons.

Where is Denbury planning to inject CO₂ by 2025?

Denbury is targeting its new sequestration site in Louisiana for CO₂ injection, anticipated to begin as early as 2025.

What strategic alliances has Denbury formed for CO₂ utilization?

Denbury entered an alliance with Infinium to collaborate on developing ultra-low carbon fuels, utilizing captured industrial CO₂ in the process.

What is Denbury's current CO₂ sequestration potential?

Denbury's cumulative CO₂ sequestration potential currently totals more than 850 million metric tons.

When does Denbury expect to commence CO₂ injection at its Alabama site?

Denbury estimates the Alabama CO₂ sequestration site could be ready for injection by 2026.