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2007 Conference Proceedings

Sixth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration (May 7, 2007)

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Papers and Presentations

WELCOME
The Honorable Dan Onorato, Chief Executive, Allegheny County
The Honorable Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor, Pittsburgh, PA.


OPENING PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

  • CCS: Let’s Just Do It!
    David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resource, Natural Resource Defense Council
  • Achieving CCS Success Demands Proven Technology, Regulatory Certainty, Public Acceptability
    Michael G. Morris, Chairman, President, Chief Exec. Officer, AEP
  • Carbon Sequestration: Let's Do It Right
    Thomas Shope, (Acting) Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, U.S. DOE
  • Moving Forward in the U.S. and Internationally to Deploy Industrial Scale CCS Projects
    Iain W. Wright, Manager, CO2 Project, BP
  • Alternative Energy Partnerships – The Path to CCS Success
    Elizabeth Cheney, Vice President, Corporate Support, Shell Exploration & Production - Americas
  • A U.S. Initiative Aimed at Putting in Place a Technologically Viable, Investor Confident, Publicly Acceptable Zero Emission Coal-Fired Electric Generating Facility – FutureGen
    Michael Mudd, CEO, FutureGen Industrial Alliance
  • Canada Puts in Place the Policy, and Oversight Framework to Utilize CCS
    Edward  Rubin, Profr., Carnegie Mellon Univ.
    Graham R. Campbell, Dir. General, Office of Energy Research & Dev. Natural Resource Canada
    Brian Kristoff, (Acting) Director, Petroleum Tech. Res. Centre, Canada
  • The Performance of Alternative Coal Burning Technologies Coupled With CCS
    Moderator: Nick Otter, Director of Technology, ALSTOM Power
    Norman Z. Schilling, Prod. Line Leader, IGCC Power Block; GE Energy
    Kiplin C. Alexander, Sr. Tech. Mgr., Advanced Technology Dev. & Design, Babcock & Wilcox Company
  • Coordinating Climate Technology RD&D Within the Federal Government – Update on the DOE Climate Change Technology Program
    Stephen D. Eule, Director, Climate Change Tech. Prog., U.S. DOE


POSTER GROUP I SESSION

A FutureGen - Grand Station II

Regulatory/Oversight - Programs Elwood I & II

Geologic Storage - MMV (1) - Grand Station I

Capture - Aqueous Systems - Fountain View

Capture Membranes

Evaluation of Geological Formations (1) - Grand Station III, IV, V

Clean Coal Burning Facilities - Grand Station I

Retrofitting of Existing - Coal-Fired Plants

Geologic Storage – EOR - Grand Station III, IV, V

Capacity Building - Grand Station II

Economic Models/Economics (1) Fountain View

Terrestrial-Related Sequestration R&D - Elwood I & II


POSTER GROUP SESSION I SESSION B (Authors Present)

Advanced Concepts

Policy Issues: Regulatory Framework

Regional Partnerships Opportunities

Economics

Capture and Separation

Terrestrial Sequestration

  • In Situ Soil Carbon Analysis with Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
    Presenter: Samuel M. Clegg
    Affiliation: Advanced Chemical Diagnostics and Instrumentation Group

Geologic Sequestration -  Modeling

Geologic Sequestration - Monitoring, Mitigation, and Verification (1)

Modeling, Assessments, Analytical Tools

Geologic Sequestration - Coal Tests and Modeling

The ‘Proving Ground’ to Develop Viable CCS Systems – The U.S. Regional Partnerships
MODERATOR: John Litynski, NETL

Coupling Enhanced Oil Recovery with the Demand for CCS – A Viable Interim Solution for Power Generating Facilities
MODERATOR: Ray Hattenbach, VP, Blue Source, LLC

  • EOR – An Opportunity to Make CCS Affordable and Achievable within an Expedited Timetable
    Vello A. Kuuskraa, President, Advanced Resources International
  • EOR – A Well Grounded System for Deep Geological Sequestration of CO2
    Pete Hagist, Vice President Ops, Permian Basin - Whiting Oil & Gas Co.
  • Key to Acceptable EOR – CCS Systems – A Technically Reliable Monitoring and Imaging System
    Ernie Majer, (Acting) Director, Earth Science Division - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
  • Well Bore Integrity – A Concern that Bears Attention
    George Guthrie, Program Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Preparing Saline Formations for CO2 Storage – Considerations to Minimize Uncertainty, Risk & Cost of Deep Saline Storage – A Look at Time Lines, Methodology & Technology
MODERATOR: John Tombari, Vice President, Schlumberger Carbon Services

What We Have Found Out As of Today, What R&D We Need to Address Identified Uncertainties – Perspectives From Selected Major R&D Efforts
MODERATOR:  Nicholas B. Woodward, DOE, Office of Science

  • Recommendations to U.S. DOE Office of Science on Future R&D Needs
    Sally Benson, Executive Director, Global Climate & Energy Project Stanford University
  • What We Have Found and What Should Be Future Priorities…
    Bob Williams, Sr. Research Scientist, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University
    Tony R. Kovscek, Assoc. Prof./Dir., Petroleum Research Institute, Stanford University
    Carl Bauer, Director, NETL, U.S. DOE


POSTER GROUP II SESSION A (Open for Browsing: Paper Authors Not Required to Be Present)

Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships - Grand Station II

  • Overview of the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP)
    Presenter: David A. Ball
    Affiliation: Battelle
  • Overview of the Midwest Geological Seqeustration Consortium
    Presenter: Robert Finley
    Affiliation: Illinois State Geological Survey
  • Overview of the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
    Presenter: Gerald Hill
    Affiliation: Southern States Energy Board
  • The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership: Phase II Activities
    Presenter: Edward N. Steadman
    Affiliation: University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
  • Overview of the Big Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
    Presenter: Lee Spangler
    Affiliation: California Energy Commission
  • Overview of the Southwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
    Presenter: David A. Ball
    Affiliation: Battelle

Sequestration and Coal Seams - Grand Station III, IV, V

Well Integrity - Grand Station I

Evaluation of Geological Formations (2) - Elwood I & II

CCS Outside the U.S. Fountain View


CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS

CCS Models - Grand Station III, IV, V

Regional CCS Studies

Geologic Storage - MMV (2) - Grand Station I

Economic Models/Economics(2) - Elwood I & II

Coal to Liquid and Sequestration

Evaluation of Geological Formations (3) - Grand Station II

Capture - Advanced Concepts - Fountain View


POSTER GROUP II SESSIONS B (Authors Present)

Public Acceptance

Geologic Sequestration - EOR

Geologic Sequestration - Monitoring,  Mitigation, and Verification (2)

Geologic Sequestration - Regional Partnerships

Geologic Sequestration - Laboratory Experiments

Technology Systems for the Measurement, Monitoring and Verification of Carbon Emissions

Risk Assessment &  Mitigation

Industrial-Scale CSS Projects Outside the U.S. that Can Contribute the Domestic Knowledge Base and Support Deployment
MODERATOR: John Gale, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme

  • The SaskPower Clean Coal Project
    Max Ball, Project Manager, SaskPower Clean Coal Project - Saskatchewan, Canada
  • The Otway Project-Australia
    Sandeep Sharma, Project Manager, CO2/CRC Cooperative Research Centre Canberra Australia
  • Proposed Large Scale Deployment Project in Europe
    John Gale, Manager, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme


OPEN DISCUSSION

The North American Terrestrial Carbon Sink: A Perspective on Managing Fossil-fuel CO2 Emissions – Findings of the First U.S. Climate Change Science Program State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR)
MODERATOR: Edward L. Helminski, Conference Co-Chair

  • Anthony W. King, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

International Efforts with the Potential of Adding to U.S. Knowledge Base

  • Projects Supported by the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
    John Panek, Deputy Director, CSLF, Technical Committee

CO2 Transport – Building on the Current Framework to Meet The Demands of Widely Deployed, Commercial Scale CCS Systems

Perspectives on the Potential Elements of Oversight Regime(s) to Govern Various Approaches to CCS
MODERATOR: Robert F. Van Voorhees
Bryan Cave, LLP

  • Bruce Kobelski, Team Leader, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water DWPD, U.S. EPA
  • Jeff Logan, World Resource Institute,
  • Stefan Bachu, Alberta Energy & Utilities Board, Canada
  • Elizabeth J. Wilson, Asst. Professor, Intl. Risk Governance Council Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Dr. Anthony Cugini, Director, NETL-Ofc. of Research & Development
  • John Veil, Manager, Water Policy Prog., Argonne Natl. Lab

“Capacity Building Needs and Potential Ways to Meet Those Needs in Emerging Economies”
Co- Chairs: Justin R.(Judd) Swift, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intl. Affairs, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S.Department of Energy; Chair, CSLF Capacity Building Taskforce
Dr. Malti Goel, Advisor, Dept. of Science & Technology, Ministry of S T, Government of India, Vice-Chair, CSLF Technical Group

Panelists:
Representatives from CSLF Member Countries


CLOSING REMARKS

  • Scott Klara, Director, NETL-Coal & Power Systems R&D
  • Tom Shope, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fissile Energy, U.S. DOE

 


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