Denver, CO – Monday, April 28th, 2025 – Cowboy Clean Fuels (CCF), a leading innovator in renewable energy and carbon removal technologies, has announced the completion and release of its groundbreaking Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage, plus Renewable Natural Gas (BiCRS+RNG) methodology.
This industry-first framework establishes a rigorous approach for measuring, monitoring, reporting, and verifying a novel form of carbon removal, which combines biogenic methane production with permanent CO₂ sequestration in geologic formations utilizing legacy energy infrastructure.
A Breakthrough in Carbon Removal and Low-Carbon Energy Production
The BiCRS+RNG methodology introduces a meticulous, verifiable pathway to high-integrity carbon removal crediting, ensuring that carbon removal projects meet the highest industry standards. Built on CCF’s proprietary process, the methodology enables:
- Injection of biomass-derived feedstocks into geologic formations to support microbial conversion to CO₂ and biomethane.
- Production of biomethane at the surface to be delivered to end users as a clean, low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG).
- Permanent sequestration of CO₂ within the formation through a highly durable adsorption process, creating long-term and scalable geologic carbon storage.
This innovative carbon removal approach unlocks new opportunities for climate-conscious industries to support decarbonization efforts while leveraging existing energy infrastructure for low-carbon fuel production.
Setting a New Standard for Carbon Accounting
EcoEngineers (Eco), a clean energy consulting, auditing, and advisory firm recently acquired by leading global assurance partner LRQA, collaborated with CCF in the development of this methodology.
Eco helped CCF ensure that the BiCRS+RNG methodology adheres to the highest standards of scientific rigor, transparency and sustainability, ensuring projects developed using this approach will be in compliance with international standard ISO 14064-2:2019.
This framework provides RNG buyers, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credit purchasers, investors, and project developers with a proven and market-ready solution for addressing climate goals while ensuring:
- Robust measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) compliance
- Full alignment with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit requirements
- Advanced gas composition tracking and reservoir integrity monitoring for long-term environmental safety
- Consistency with standards for high-quality carbon dioxide removal, including durability, leakage and co-benefits
Ryan Waddington, Chairman and CEO of Cowboy Clean Fuels, said: “The completion of the BiCRS+RNG methodology represents a major milestone in the evolution of engineered carbon removal and renewable energy production. This methodology enables shovel-ready projects to move forward with confidence, allowing our capital partners to invest with certainty in the Powder River Basin and beyond.”
Driving Market Transformation
By combining carbon removal with RNG production, the BiCRS+RNG methodology revolutionizes how legacy energy assets are repurposed for sustainable use. Key benefits include:
- Unlocking new economic opportunities by transforming uneconomic, end-of-life fossil energy infrastructure into productive, revenue-generating clean energy assets
- Providing a scalable and verifiable carbon removal framework that meets stringent environmental and regulatory requirements
- Delivering high-integrity carbon credits backed by independent verification and industry-leading MRV compliance
- Empowering companies with a trusted pathway to net-zero goals, allowing for direct participation in carbon markets and decarbonization initiatives
David LaGreca, Managing Director of Carbon Markets at EcoEngineers, added: “Eco is helping bring yet another innovative engineered carbon removal solution to market with this novel methodology. Project developers, like Cowboy Clean Fuels, who deploy projects compliant with BiCRS+RNG can significantly and simultaneously address the need for rapid scaling of carbon removal activities while also supporting the increased production of renewable energy.”
About Cowboy Clean Fuels
Cowboy Clean Fuels is an advanced climate tech and energy transition company dedicated to permanent CO₂ sequestration and carbon-negative renewable natural gas (RNG) production. By leveraging depleted CBM reservoirs, CCF has pioneered a scalable, verifiable carbon removal process, transforming biomass-derived feedstocks into low-carbon energy solutions. Visit www.cowboycleanfuels.com.
About EcoEngineers
EcoEngineers, an LRQA company, is a consulting, auditing, and advisory firm exclusively focused on the energy transition and decarbonization. Its team of engineers, scientists, auditors, consultants, and researchers operates at the intersection of low-carbon fuel policy, innovative technologies, and the carbon marketplace. Visit www.ecoengineers.us.
