Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting

Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting
August 20-22, 2013

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PRESENTATIONS

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

• Welcome and Introduction
  Traci Rodosta, Carbon Storage Technology Manager, U.S. DOE NETL

PLENARY SESSION – KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: Bruce Brown, Infrastructure Coordinator, U.S. DOE NETL

• Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Overview
  Bruce Brown, Infrastructure Coordinator, U.S. DOE NETL
• A Decade of CCS Development: A Global Review
  John Gale, General Manager, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme
• Onshore Monitoring, Verification, Accounting, and Assessment Lessons Learned
  Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Panel
  Lee Spangler, BSCSP; Neeraj Gupta, MRCSP; Charlie Gorecki, PCOR; George Koperna, SECARB

Moderator: Mark Ackiewicz, Director CCS Research Division, U.S. DOE Office of Fossil Energy

• Offshore Monitoring Lessons Learned: Sleipner and Snøhvit Storage Projects
  Philip Ringrose, Statoil; Olav R. Hansen, Statoil; and Anne–Kari Furre, Statoil
• National Risk Assessment Program – Monitoring, Verification, Accounting, and Assessment Tools
  George Guthrie, Geological and Environmental Focus Area Lead, U.S. DOE NETL
• CO₂ Takes a One–Way Trip. Details at 1 p.m.
  Timothy Grant, Physical Scientist, U.S. DOE NETL

Introduction to ARRA Regional Technology Training Centers Posters

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Infrastructure 1 - Brighton 1 & 2

• Sandia Technologies, LLC (ARRA Site Characterization) – Characterization of the Triassic Newark Basin of Southeast New York/ Northern New Jersey – Daniel Collins
• University of Texas at Austin – (ARRA Site Characterization) – Gulf of Mexico Miocene CO₂ Site Characterization Mega Transect – 2013 Update – Ramon Trevino
• University of Illinois (ARRA Site Characterization) – An Evaluation of the Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Cambro– Ordovician Strata of the Illinois and Michigan Basin – Hannes Leetaru
• South Carolina Research Foundation (ARRA Site Characterization) – Geological Characterization of the South Georgia Rift Basin for Source Proximal CO₂ Storage – Mike Waddell
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. (ARRA Site Characterization) – Modeling CO₂ Sequestration in Saline Aquifer and Depleted Oil Reservoir to Evaluate Regional CO₂ Sequestration Potential of Ozark Plateau Aquifer System, South–Central Kansas – Lynn Watney

Geologic Storage 1 - Brighton 3 & 4

• NETL Research & Innovation Center – Resource Assessment Methods for CO₂ Storage in Geologic Formations – Angela Goodman
• University of North Dakota – Optimizing and Quantifying CO₂ Storage Capacity/Resource in Saline Formations and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs – Charles Gorecki
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. – Validating Seismic Volumetric Curvature Attributes for Paleokarst Characterization: Results from an Arbuckle Horizontal Lateral – Jason Rush
• University of Illinois –Assessing Reservoir Depositional Environments to Develop and Quantify Improvements in CO₂ Storage Efficiency: A Reservoir Simulation Approach – Roland Okwen
• Advanced Resources International, Inc. – Commercial Scale CO₂ Injection and Optimization of Storage Capacity in the Southeastern United States – George Koperna

MVA 1 - Haselton

• NETL Office of Program Planning and Analysis – Overview and Baseline Assumptions for the FE/ NETL CO₂Saline Storage Cost Model – David Morgan
• NETL Office of Program Planning and Analysis– FE/NETL CO₂ Saline Storage Cost Model Capabilities and Results – Timothy Grant
• Planetary Emissions Management, Inc. – Near–Surface Leakage Monitoring for the Verification And Accounting of Geologic Carbon Sequestration Using a Field Ready 14c Isotopic Analyzer – Bruno Marino
• University of Miami – Monitoring Surface Deformation at an EOR Field in Texas – Tim Dixon
• Montana State University – Development and Deployment of a Compact Eye–Safe Scanning Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) for Spatial Mapping of Carbon Dioxide for Monitoring/ Verification/Accounting at Geologic Sequestration Sites – Kevin Repasky

Simulation/Risk Assessment 1 - Ellwood

• Battelle Memorial Institute – Simplified Predictive Models for CO₂ Sequestration Performance Assessment – Srikanta Mishra
• Geomechanics Technologies – Development of Improved Caprock Integrity and Risk Assessment Techniques – Michael S. Bruno
• University of Texas at Austin –Enhanced Analytical Simulation Tool (EASiTool) for CO₂ Storage Capacity Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification – Alex Sun
• Colorado School of Mines – Simulation of Coupled Processes of Flow, Transport, and Storage of CO₂ in Saline Aquifers – Phillip Winterfeld
• Leland Stanford Junior University – An Advanced Joint Inversion System for Carbon Dioxide Storage Modeling with Large Data Sets for Characterization and Real–Time Monitoring–Enhancing Storage Performance and Reducing Failure Risks under Uncertainties – Peter Kitanidis

Infrastructure 2 - Brighton 1 & 2

• University of Utah (ARRA Site Characterization) – Rocky Mountain Site Characterization Project: Summary and Resulting Protocols – Brian McPherson
• Geomechanics Technologies (ARRA Site Characterization) – Characterization of Pliocene and Miocene Formations in the Wilmington Graben, Offshore Los Angeles, for Large Scale Geologic Storage of CO₂ – Michael S. Bruno
• University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute (ARRA Site Characterization) – The WY–CUSP Program – Ron Surdam
• University of Alabama (ARRA Site Characterization) – Site Characterization for CO₂ Storage from Coal– fired Power Facilities in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama – Peter Clark

Geologic Storage 2 - Brighton 3 & 4

• University of New Mexico – Wellbore Seal Repair Using Nanocomposite Materials – John Stormont
• Montana State University – Advanced CO₂ Leakage Mitigation using Engineered Biomineralized Sealing Technologies – Robin Gerlach
• Montana State University – Field Test and Evaluation of Engineered Biomineralization Technology for Sealing Existing Wells – Robin Gerlach

MVA 2 - Haselton

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – GEO–SEQ: International Collaborations to Accelerate Development of Storage Technology – Barry Freifeld
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Fundamental Studies in Support of GEO–SEQ – Tom Daley
• Columbia University – Tagging CO₂ To Enable Quantitative Inventories of Geological Carbon Storage – Cantwell Carson
• Montana State University – Development of a 1 x N Fiber Optic Sensor Array for Carbon Sequestration Site Monitoring – Kevin Repasky

Simulation/Risk Assessment 2 - Ellwood

• Colorado School of Mines – Training Students in Simulation and Risk Assessment for Carbon Sequestration – John McCray
• University of Wyoming – Optimal Model Complexity in Geological Carbon Sequestration: A Response Surface Uncertainty Analysis – Ye Zhang
• Trustees of Princeton University – Model Complexity and Choice of Model Approaches for Practical Simulations of CO₂ Injection, Migration, Leakage, and Long–term Fate – Karl Bandilla

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

PLENARY SESSION – KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: William Aljoe, Federal Project Manager, U.S. DOE NETL

• Geologic Sequestration Rule Implementation Update
  Molly Bayer, Geologist, U.S. EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
• North Dakota Regulations and Primacy Update
  Kevin Connors, Carbon Capture and Storage Supervisor, North Dakota Industrial Commission
• Outer Continental Shelf Sub-Seabed CO₂ Sequestration Authorities and Research (Updated 2018)
  Melissa Batum, Senior Program Analyst, U.S. DOI Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• Experiences with Permitting and Regulations on CCS 
  Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships and Regulators Panel
  Lee Spangler, BSCSP; Sallie Greenberg, MGSC; Kimberly Sams, SECARB

Moderator: Bruce Brown, Infrastructure Coordinator, U.S. DOE NETL

• Overall Key Lessons Learned during the Last 10 Years and Looking to the Future of CCS
  Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Panel
  Lee Spangler, BSCSP; Rob Finely, MGSC; Neeraj Gupta, MRCSP; Ed Steadman, PCOR; Sue Hovorka, SECARB; Brian McPherson, SWP

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Infrastructure 3 - Brighton 1 & 2

• Blackhorse Energy, LLC – South Louisiana EOR / Sequestration Demonstration Project – Roger Hite.
• Kansas Geological Survey – Small Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO₂ Sequestration in Arbuckle Saline Aquifer and by CO₂ –EOR at Wellington Field, Sumner County, Kansas – Lynn Watney
• Virginia Tech – Virginia Center for Coal & Energy Research – Central Appalachian Basin Unconventional (Coal/Organic Shale) Reservoir Small Scale CO₂ Injection Test – Nino Ripepi
• CONSOL Energy, Inc. – CO₂ Sequestration in Unmineable Coal with ECBM – Jim Locke
• City Utilities of Springfield – Shallow Carbon Sequestration Demonstration Project – Gary Pendergrass

Geologic Storage 3 - Brighton 3 & 4

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Advanced CO₂– Sequestration Studies – Peter McGrail
• University of Wyoming – Maximization of Permanent Trapping of CO₂ and Co–Contaminants in the Highest Porosity Formations of the Rock Spring Uplift (Southwest Wyoming): Experimentation and Multi–Scale Modeling – Mohammad Piri
• University of Texas at Austin – Influence of Local Capillary Trapping on Containment System Effectiveness – Steven Bryant
• University of Wyoming – Detailed CO₂ Storage Reservoir/Site Characterization: The Key to Optimizing Performance and Maximizing Storage Capacity Uncertainty Reduction Progression for Determining Optimal CO₂ Storage Capacity/ Dynamics/ Permanence – Ronald Surdam
• Yale University – Optimal CO₂ Storage Capacity/ Dynamics/ Permanence – Zhengrong Wang

MVA 3 - Haselton

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Understanding the Role of Injection–Induced Mechanical Deformation –Snøhvit CO₂ Storage Project Case Study – Laura Chiaramonte
• University of Miami – Challenges Associated with Geochemical Monitoring of Active CO₂ Injection for EOR – Dan Riemer
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Role of Injection–Induced Mechanical Deformation at In Salah – Josh White
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Collaboration with China on Clean Energy Research – Mart Oostrom

Carbon Utilization 1 - Ellwood

• PhosphorTech Corporation – High Efficiency Solar–based Catalytic Structure for CO₂ Reforming – Hisham Menkara
• Brown University – Chemical Fixation of CO₂ to Acrylates Using Low–Valent Molybdenum Sources – Wesley Bernskoetter
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Integrated Electrochemical Processes for CO₂ Capture and Conversion to Commodity Chemicals – Alan Hatton
• NETL Research & Innovation Center – Catalytic Conversion of CO₂ to C1 Products – Chris Matranga
• McGill University – Beneficial Use of CO₂ in Precast Concrete Production – Zaid Ghouleh

Simulation/Risk Assessment 3 - Brighton 1 & 2

• Headwaters Clean Carbon Services and Los Alamos National Laboratory – Quantitative Risk Assessments of CO₂–EOR and CO₂–ECBM Operation – James Lepinski
• Fusion Petroleum Technologies, Inc. – Experimental Design Applications for Modeling and Assessing Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Saline Aquifers – John Rogers
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette – Statistical Analysis of CO₂ Exposed Wells to Predict Long Term Leakage through the Development of an Integrated Neural–Genetic Algorithm – Boyun Guo
• University of Texas at Austin (BEG) – Developing a Comprehensive Risk Assessment Framework for Geological Storage of CO₂ – Ian Duncan
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Studies for Modeling CO₂ Processes: Pressure Management, Basin–Scale Models, Model Comparison, and Joint Inversion – Jens Birkholzer

Geologic Storage 4 - Brighton 3 & 4

• NETL Research & Innovation Center – Evaluating Potential Groundwater Impacts and Natural Geochemical Signals for Trace Metals with CO₂ Storage – Christina Lopano
• University of Texas at Austin – Novel Materials for Robust Repair of Leaky Wellbores in CO₂ Storage Formations – Steven Bryant
• Workshop - Development of DOE Methodology for Geologic Storage of CO2 in Shale

MVA 4 - Haselton

• University of Wyoming – Feasibility of Geophysical Monitoring of Carbon– Sequestrated Deep Saline Aquifers – Vladimir Alvarado
• Paulsson, Inc. – Development and Test of a 1,000 Level 3C Fiber Optic Borehole Seismic Receiver Array Applied to Carbon Storage – Bjorn Paulsson
• Stanford University – Advanced Technologies for Monitoring CO₂ Saturation and Pore Pressure in Geologic Formations: Linking the Chemical and Physical Effects to Elastic and Transport Properties – Gary Mavko
• PTRC – Weyburn–Midale CO₂ Storage and Monitoring – Neil Wildgust

Carbon Utiliztion 2 - Ellwood

• Solidia Technologies – Utilization of CO₂ in High Performance Building and Infrastructure Products – Nicholas DeCristofaro
• NETL Office of Program Planning and Analysis – Metrics for Screening CO₂ Utilization Processes – Peter Kabatek
• Research Triangle Park – Conversion of CO₂ into Commercial Materials using Carbon Feedstocks – Brian Turk

Thursday, August 22, 2013

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Geologic Storage 5 - Brighton 1 & 2

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Enhanced Porosity and Permeability in Carbonate CO₂ Storage Reservoirs: An Experimental and Modeling Study – Megan Smith
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Active CO₂ Reservoir Management – Bill Bourcier
• Battelle Memorial Institute – Systematic Assessment of Wellbore Integrity for Geologic Carbon Storage Projects Using Regulatory and Industry Information – Mark Moody
• New Mexico Tech – CO₂ at the Interface: Nature and Dynamics of the Reservoir/Caprock Contact and Implications for Carbon Storage Performance – Peter Mozley
• Clemson University – Proof– of–Feasibility of Using Wellbore Deformation as a Diagnostic Tool to Improve CO₂Sequestration – Larry Murdoch

Geologic Storage 6 - Brighton 3 & 4

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Sequestration of CO₂ in Basalt Formations – Todd Schaef
• Columbia University – Geo–Chemo– Mechanical Studies for Permanent CO₂ Storage in Geologic Reservoirs – Juerg Matter
• Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University – Interdisciplinary Investigation of the CO₂Sequestration in Depleted Shale Gas Formations – Mark Zoback
• NETL – Research & Innovation Center – Exploring the behavior of shales as seals and storage reservoirs for CO₂ – Dan Soeder

MVA 5 - Haselton

• Columbia University – Radiocarbon as a Reactive Tracer for Tracking Permanent CO₂ Storage in Basaltic Rocks – Juerg Matter
• University of Wyoming – Measurements of 222Rn, 220Rn, and CO₂ Emissions in Natural CO₂ Fields in Wyoming: MVA Techniques for Determining Gas Transport and Caprock Integrity – John Kaszuba
• Montana State University – Zero Emissions Research and Technology (ZERT) II – Investigating the Fundamental Scientific Issues Affecting the Long–term Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide – Lee Spangler
• West Virginia University Research Corporation – In–Situ MVA of CO₂ Sequestration Using Smart Field Technology – Shahab Mohaghegh
• Los Alamos National Laboratory – MVA Tools – Sam Clegg

Simulation/Risk Assessment 4 - Ellwood

• Los Alamos National Laboratory – Systems Modeling & Science of Geologic Sequestration – Rajesh Pawar
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Enhanced Simulation Tools to Improve Predictions and Performance of Geologic Storage: Coupled Modeling of Fault Poromechanics, and High–Resolution Simulation of CO₂ Migration and Trapping – Ruben Juanes
• Missouri State University – Monitoring and Numerical Modeling of Shallow CO₂ Injection, Greene County, Missouri – Charles Rovey
• Trustees of Colorado School of Mines – Intermediate Scale Laboratory Testing to Understand Mechanisms of Capillary and Dissolution Trapping during Injection and Post–Injection – Tissa Illangasekare
• Advanced Resources International, Inc. – The Coal–Seq III Consortium – George Koperna

Geologic Storage 7 - Brighton 1 & 2

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Monitoring Geological CO₂ Sequestration using Stable Isotopes and Perfluorocarbon Tracers – Tommy Phelps
• Los Alamos National Laboratory – Geomechanical Behavior of Wellbore and Caprock Systems – Bill Carey

Geologic Storage 8 - Brighton 3 & 4

• NETL Office of Program Planning and Analysis – Estimating the Potential for Oil Production and CO₂ Storage from CO₂ EOR Using the FE/NETL CO₂ EOR Storage Cost Mode – Dave Morgan
• Argonne National Laboratory – Life Cycle Water Consumption for Carbon Capture and Storage – Chris Harto

Simulation/Risk Assessment 5 - Haselton

• University of Texas at Austin – Inexpensive Monitoring and Uncertainty Assessment of CO₂ Plume Migration – Steven Bryant
• Indiana University – Reducing Uncertainties in Model Predictions via History Matching of CO₂ Migration and Reactive Transport Modeling of CO₂ Fate at the Sleipner Project – Chen Zhu

Simulation/Risk Assessment 6 - Ellwood

• University of Utah – Reactive Transport Models with Geomechanics to Mitigate Risks of Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Storage – Hai Huang
• Schlumberger Carbon Services – Quantification of Wellbore Leakage Risk Using Non–Destructive Borehole Logging Techniques – Andrew Duguid

PLENARY SESSION – KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: Traci Rodosta, Carbon Storage Technology Manager, U.S. DOE NETL

• Partnering with Industry for Large and Small Scale CCS Projects
  Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Panel
  Darrell Paul, MRCSP; John Harju, PCOR; Kimberly Sams, SECARB; Reid Grigg, SWP
• Demonstrations Projects Taking it Commercial
  Tom Sarkus, Project Financing and Technology Deployment Division Director, U.S. DOE NETL
• Concluding Remarks and Future R&D Activities
  Traci Rodosta, Carbon Storage Technology Manager, U.S. DOE NETL

 

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