OMB No. 1545-2132 8933 Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Credit Form

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Attachment

Sequence No. 165

© Attach to your tax return.

Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

2008

Metric tons captured and disposed of (see instructions) 

Metric tons captured and used (see instructions)

Carbon dioxide sequestration credit from partnerships and S corporations

Add lines 1, 2, and 3. Partnerships and S corporations, report this amount on Schedule K, all

others, report this amount on Form 3800, line 1x

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Definitions

General Instructions

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code.

Purpose of Form

Use Form 8933 to claim the carbon dioxide sequestration credit.

The credit is allowed for qualified carbon dioxide that is captured

and disposed of or captured, used, and disposed of by the

taxpayer in secure geological storage. Only carbon dioxide

captured and disposed of or used within the United States or a

U.S. possession is taken into account when figuring the credit.

See Definitions below.

Qualified carbon dioxide also includes the initial deposit of

captured carbon dioxide used as a tertiary injectant. However, it

does not include carbon dioxide that is re-captured, recycled,

and re-injected as part of the enhanced oil and natural gas

recovery process.

Qualified carbon dioxide captured after October 3, 2008, at a qualified facility and disposed 

of in secure geological storage and, if captured after February 17, 2009, not used as a

tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project.

Qualified carbon dioxide captured after October 3, 2008, at a qualified facility and used 

as a tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project and, if

captured after February 17, 2009, disposed of in secure geological storage.

× $20.00

× $10.00

Taxpayers other than partnerships or S corporations whose

only source of this credit is from those pass-through entities are

not required to complete or file this form. Instead, report this

credit directly on line 1x of Form 3800, General Business Credit.

Qualified carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide captured after

October 3, 2008, from an industrial source that:

Qualified Carbon Dioxide

● Would otherwise be released into the atmosphere as industrial

emission of greenhouse gas, and

● Is measured at the source of capture and verified at the point

of disposal or injection.

Qualified Facility

A qualified facility is any industrial facility that is owned by the

taxpayer where carbon capture equipment is placed in service

and that captures at least 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide

during the tax year.

This includes storage at deep saline formations, oil and gas

reservoirs, and unminable coal seams under such conditions as

the IRS may determine under regulations.

Secure Geological Storage

Qualified Enhanced Oil or Natural Gas Recovery Project

A qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project means

any project located in the United States involving the application

of one or more tertiary recovery methods defined in section

193(b)(3) that can reasonably be expected to result in more than

an insignificant increase in the amount of crude oil or natural gas

that will ultimately be recovered with respect to which the first

injection of liquids, gases, or other matter commences after

1990. The project will not be treated as a qualified enhanced

crude oil or natural gas recovery project unless the operator

submits to the IRS a certification from a petroleum engineer that

the project meets (and continues to meet) the above

requirements.

Tertiary Injectant

This is an injectant (other than a hydrocarbon injectant that is

recoverable) that is used as part of a tertiary recovery method.

For more details, see section 193(b).

How To Figure the Credit

Generally, the credit is $20 per metric ton for qualified carbon

dioxide captured after October 3, 2008, at a qualified facility and

disposed of in secure geological storage and, if captured after

February 17, 2009, not used as a tertiary injectant in a qualified

enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project.

United States and U.S. Possessions

This includes the seabed and subsoil of those submarine areas

that are adjacent to the territorial waters of the United States (or

U.S. possession) and over which the United States has exclusive

rights according to international law with respect to the

exploration and exploitation of natural resources.

Generally, the credit is $10 per metric ton for qualified carbon

dioxide captured after October 3, 2008, at a qualified facility and

used as a tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural

gas recovery project and, if captured after February 17, 2009,

disposed of in secure geological storage.

The $20 and $10 rates will be adjusted for inflation for tax

years beginning after 2009. The inflation adjustment factor for

each calendar year is published during the year in the Federal

Register.
Form 8933 (2008) Page 2

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The time needed to complete and file this form will vary

depending on individual circumstances. The estimated burden

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shown in the instructions for their individual income tax return.

The estimated burden for all other taxpayers who file this form is

shown below.

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estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would

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return with which this form is filed.

Recordkeeping 1 hr., 54 min.

Learning about the law or the form 6 min.

Preparing and sending the form

to the IRS 7 min.

Line 2

Enter the metric tons of qualified carbon dioxide captured after

October 3, 2008, at a qualified facility and used as a tertiary

injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project

and, if captured after February 17, 2009, disposed of in secure

geological storage. Then, multiply the metric tons entered by $10.

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Line 1

Enter the metric tons of qualified carbon dioxide captured after

October 3, 2008, at a qualified facility and disposed of in secure

geological storage and, if captured after February 17, 2009, not

used as a tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural gas

recovery project. Then, multiply the metric tons entered by $20.

Who Can Take the Credit

Generally, the credit is allowed to the person that captures and

physically or contractually ensures the disposal of or the use as

a tertiary injectant of the qualified carbon dioxide.