Royal Road Carbon Solutions Partners with Guardian Plug & Abandonment to Deliver High-Quality Carbon Credits
At Royal Road Carbon Solutions, we’re committed to helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint with science-backed, high-quality carbon offsets. We’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with Guardian Plug & Abandonment, a leader in generating carbon credits through the permanent plugging and abandonment (P&A) of oil and gas wells. Together, we’re bringing innovative, transparent, and impactful carbon credit solutions to the market, helping companies achieve their net-zero goals while addressing legacy environmental challenges.
Why Well Plugging Matters
The United States is home to over 3 million abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells, many of which leak methane—a greenhouse gas up to 86 times more potent than CO2 in its first 20 years in the atmosphere. These wells, often left idle or improperly sealed, pose significant environmental risks, including groundwater contamination, soil degradation, and ongoing methane emissions equivalent to millions of vehicles on the road annually.
Guardian Plug & Abandonment tackles this issue head-on by permanently plugging these wells, preventing future methane leaks and restoring land for productive use. This process not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions but also delivers co-benefits like job creation, improved air quality, increased biodiversity, and enhanced property values for surrounding communities.
High-Quality Carbon Credits You Can Trust
Through this partnership, Royal Road Carbon Solutions is proud to offer carbon credits generated from Guardian’s well-plugging projects. These credits are among the highest quality available, meeting rigorous standards for transparency and impact. Here’s why:
Robust Methodology: Guardian works with trusted registries like BCarbon, using industry-standard decline curve analyses to estimate methane emissions avoided over a 20-year period. This ensures credits represent real, measurable reductions.
Transparency: All project data, including well-plugging records, reserve reports, site photos, and emissions data, is stored on a public blockchain, ensuring full traceability and accountability.
Additionality: Credits are generated from wells that would otherwise remain unplugged due to regulatory loopholes or financial constraints, ensuring that the environmental benefit wouldn’t have occurred without the carbon credit incentive.
Co-Benefits: Beyond emissions reductions, these projects remove safety hazards, restore land, and support local economies, aligning with broader sustainability goals.
The Power of Partnership
Royal Road Carbon Solutions brings its expertise in carbon markets and commitment to science-backed offsets to this collaboration. By partnering with Guardian Plug & Abandonment, we’re able to connect businesses with credits that not only offset their emissions but also contribute to solving a critical environmental problem. Our shared vision is to make high-quality carbon credits accessible, helping companies meet their sustainability targets while driving meaningful climate impact.
Guardian’s innovative approach has already delivered results. For example, in Dallas, Texas, Guardian plugged wells on a family ranch surrounded by residential homes, stopping methane leaks and freeing up land for community use. Similarly, the Carlton well pad near Mountain Creek was restored, eliminating emissions and enhancing the area’s environmental health. These projects, registered under BCarbon’s Methane Capture & Reclamation methodology, demonstrate the tangible benefits of well-plugging carbon credits.
Why Choose Royal Road and Guardian?
As the voluntary carbon market grows—projected to expand from $2 billion to $50 billion by 2030—buyers are increasingly seeking credits they can trust. Royal Road and Guardian deliver:
Impact: Each credit represents one ton of CO2-equivalent emissions avoided, directly addressing methane, a critical driver of near-term climate change.
Integrity: Third-party verification and blockchain transparency ensure credits meet the highest standards.
Scalability: With millions of wells needing attention, this solution offers a scalable path to reducing emissions and cleaning up legacy infrastructure.
Join Us in Driving Change
Businesses looking to offset their carbon footprint can now partner with Royal Road Carbon Solutions to purchase Guardian’s well-plugging carbon credits. Together, we’re not just offsetting emissions—we’re addressing a long-standing environmental challenge, supporting communities, and building a cleaner, more sustainable future.
Ready to make a difference? Contact Royal Road Carbon Solutions at info@royalroadcarbon.com or visit www.royalroadcarbon.com to learn more about our carbon credit offerings.
Let’s plug the past and pave the way for a net-zero future.
About Royal Road Carbon Solutions
Royal Road Carbon Solutions provides science-backed, high-quality carbon offsets to help businesses achieve their sustainability goals. With a focus on transparency and impact, we partner with innovative project developers to deliver credits that make a real difference. www.royalroadcarbon.com
About Guardian Plug & Abandonment
Guardian Plug & Abandonment is a leader in generating high-quality carbon credits through the permanent plugging of oil and gas wells. By addressing methane leaks and restoring land, Guardian delivers environmental and community benefits backed by rigorous methodologies and blockchain transparency. www.plugandabandonment.com
