Keith Tracy Email & Phone Number

Oklahoma City, US

Elysian is a carbon capture and storage company. We develop, own and operate CO2 capture, pipeline transport, and storage/sequestration projects. Our team has decades of engineering, legal, development and finance experience in the energy sector broadly, including ownership and operations of CCS equipment/projects. Elysian is focused on capturing carbon.

Oklahoma City, US

• Providing carbon capture solutions based on fundamental economics and unparalleled expertise.
• Develop Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects
• Build, own and operate anthropogenic CO2 capture plants and CO2 pipelines
• Expert on Section 45Q tax credits and tax equity partnerships
• Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) plans under Subpart RR of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)
• Class II and VI well permitting

CarbonPoint Solutions was acquired by Caterpillar

• Chief champion of company seeking to deploy and license carbon dioxide concentration and capture technology invented by Paul Dunn. Accomplishments included:
• Cumulative investments in company were increased by 33% during tenure, including investment by Caterpillar Ventures in 2020
• Led effort to relocate technology equipment system from lab to CO2-EOR field for multi-month field scale demonstration in Fall 2019
• Guided re-branding effort in 2020 including new company name, logo, website and brand

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

• Business unit leader of CO2 capture/compression facilities and personnel, as well as CO2 pipeline assets and personnel. Led and supported team members including supervisor of CO2 capture facilities and foreman over all.
• Generated $25,000,000 EBITDA annually from assets with installed costs of $175,000,000.
• Commanded all aspects of capture, compression, dehydration, and processing facilities (over 34,000 hp), including a PSM plant.
• Directed all pipeline operations and all Part 192 and 195 compliance efforts for all company regulated natural gas and CO2 pipelines (over 275 miles), including representing the company in direct interaction with PHMSA.
• Promoted from Manager, CO2 Midstream (June 2013-Dec 2013).

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

• Managed CO2 supply relationships, pursued additional CO2 sources, developed CO2 price forecasting, strategic business planning, and managed all aspects of CO2 supply business development activities including financial.
• Managed all of company’s CO2 supply (75 mmcf/d or approximately 1.5 million metric tons per year), all exclusively from anthropogenic sources (fertilizer and ethanol plants).
• Served as project manager of $125,000,000 engineering, design, and construction of Coffeyville CO2 Compression Facility (19,000 hp) and Coffeyville CO2 Pipeline (68 miles; 8”) projects, from inception until takeover by.
• Led divestiture effort to monetize CO2 compression facilities and CO2 pipelines (company eventually declined to execute on the strategy). Primary contact with investment bankers and potential buyers, prepared.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

• Leadership position in in-house legal department. Oversaw all company litigation, midstream, marketing, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), and various corporate matters, as well as pursued CO2 supply business development.
• Directed nearly all defense litigation matters, including contract, tort, class action, property damage, product liability, environmental, and pollution claims; selected, retained, and managed outside counsel.
• Provided all legal services for pipeline acquisitions, and served as lead counsel for company’s gas gathering systems, including agreements for gathering, compression, dehydration, treating and processing, and easement.
• Functioned as primary attorney for marketing department, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts for sale or transportation of oil and natural gas; resolving well and pipeline gas balancing issues (and.
• Prepared and edited 10K, 10Q and 8K SEC filings and prospectus documents.
• Researched, contacted, negotiated with, and secured traditional and unique ventures with EOR operators, sources of carbon dioxide, and CO2 pipeline companies; conducted economic analyses on potential CO2 capture and.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

Associate in third-largest Oklahoma law firm; specific focus on oil and gas, environmental, product liability, intellectual property, and employment litigation as well as general corporate, estate planning and tax matters. Core responsibilities included client management, business development, legal research, analysis, brief writing, preparation, and court.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Studies In Political Science, History, And Engineering

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)