Climate Transformed Ventures (CTV) is a methane infrastructure and origination platform company that leverages government funding and private capital to cap orphaned oil wells across the United States and Canada.


An orphaned oil well has no solvent owner of record, leaving the responsibility of capping in the hands of state and federal governments.


The EPA estimates that there are up to 3.7 million orphaned wells in North America, with the estimated cost to cap them ranging from $200bn- $300bn.


There is only $4.7bn allocated by the US Federal Government under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).


This is the first phase of a multi-decade solution that will require the extensive deployment of private capital

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Sep 14, 2022

ClearBlue Markets: In It from the Start, Now We Are Here

ClearBlue Markets aim to increase transparency and confidence in the sometimes-opaque world of carbon markets. Michael Berends, ClearBlue’s Managing Director of Origination, joins us to discuss the importance of having easily available and trusted prices to allow offsetters to purchase credits safe in the knowledge that the money is going to the projects themselves rather than ending up in the hands of third parties. ClearBlue sees harnessing the power of markets to create solutions is the most effective way of overcoming the huge obstacles the world faces to tackle the climate crisis.
Guest(s): Michael Berends Managing Director at ClearBlue Markets
Moderator: Paul Krake

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