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| February 23 and 24, 2012 Visit to GCCC by John Gale, General Manager of the IEAGHG R&D Programme. Austin, TX |
February 3 and 6, 2012 Visit to GCCC by Tim Dixon, Manager of CCS and Regulatory Affairs for the IEAGHG R&D Programme. Austin, TX
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Tim Dixon of the IEAGHG R&D Programme speaks to GCCC staff. |
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| January 27, 2012 Visit to GCCC by Giorgio Caramanna from the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham. Austin, TX |
| January 11, 2012 Visit to GCCC by representatives from RITE, the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth based in Kansai Science City, Kyoto, Japan. The representatives, Kinichirio Kusonose, Ziqiu Xue, and Kochi Takizawa, gave several presentations on CCS in Japan including the Nagaoka CCS injection site and met with GCCC staff throughout the day. Austin, TX |
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| December 12, 2011 Kerr-Weyburn Investigation. Katherine Romanak, Changbing Yang, and Brad Wolaver were part of an international team of scientists that investigated allegations of leaking CO2 at a farm in Saskatchewan. Their extensive field and lab work contributed to a 180-page study released by IPAC-CO2, an an environmental, non-government organization. The study found no evidence that carbon dioxide was leaking from geologic reservoirs. “The CO2 injected by Cenovus Energy as part of its enhanced oil recovery project is not the source of CO2 found on the Kerr farm,” said Dr. Carmen Dybwad, Chief Executive Officer of IPAC-CO2. “The levels of natural CO2 we found were normal.” IPAC-CO2 has also released a documentary on the events in Weyburn. Regina, Canada |
| December 5-9, 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Susan Hovorka is invited to give talks, "Test bed for design of commercial monitoring approach – SECARB early test at Cranfield" and "Field testing the role of heterogeneity at the inter-well scale during two phase flow." Katherine Romanak and colleagues Tim Dixon and Ameena Camps present talk, "Natural CO2 Releases Providing Messages For Stakeholders." Hilary Olson, Katherine Romanak, Victoria Osborne, Susan Hovorka, Sigrid Clift, and Amy Castner present poster, "Effective use of Natural CO2-Rich Systems for Stakeholder Communication: CO2FACTS.org." Katherine Romanak, Changbing Yang, and Susan Hovorka present poster, "Process-Based Approach to Carbon Storage Leakage Detection Using Soil Gas Monitoring: Lessons from Natural and Industrial Analogues." JP Nicot presents poster, "Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources in Texas and Other Mining Activities: the Water Challenge." Hilary Olson, Victoria Osborne, Susan Hovorka, Katherine Romanak, Rebecca Smyth; Scott Tinker, and other colleagues present poster, "GIRLTALK: Energy, Climate and Water in the 21st Century." Jiemin Lu, Tip. Meckel, and Ramón Treviño present, "Seal characterization for Miocene-age rocks of Texas Gulf of Mexico." Brad Wolaver, Alexander Sun, JP Nicot, Susan Hovorka, Vanessa Nuñez-Lopez, and Michael Young present poster, "The Effects of Subsurface Heterogeneity on Detectability of CO2 Leakage to Shallow Groundwater Aquifers." Seyyed Hosseini and JP Nicot present poster, "Carbon sequestration in saline aquifers connected to EOR fields: Modelling implications." Julie Ditkof, Tip Meckel, Hongliu Zeng, and Susan Hovorka present poster, "Time lapse seismic response (4D) related to industrial-scale CO2 injection at an EOR and CCS site, Cranfield, MS." Brad Wolaver, JP Nicot, and Mary Hingst present poster, "Behavior of North-Central Texas Paleozoic Aquifers: Geological Controls vs. Surface Water Control." Changbing Yang and JP Nicot present poster, "Performance Assessment of a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in Texas." Khandaker Zahid and Susan Hovorka present poster, "Characterizing CO2 storage reservoir for above-zone monitoring." San Francisco, CA |
| December 5, 2011 MRV pre-workshop event. Vanessa Nuñez organized the pre-workshop, which was sponsored by STORE and TxCCSA, preceding the Annual Carbon Management Workshop. Her talk was titled “Monitoring CO2 retention in an EOR setting: lessons learned from BEG’s MRV projects.” Houston, TX |
| December 5, 2011 Trans-Atlantic Research to Business: CCS in EOR. Tip Meckel will give talk on monitoring and EOR at a 1/2 day meeting of CCS stakeholders from the UK, Norway, and Canada. Houston, TX |
| December 2-3, 2011 GCCC/Houston British Consulate Collaborative Technical Workshop. Attendees from Norway, UK, and Canada meet with Tip Meckel and other GCCC staff during a 1.5 day workshop focusing on CCS monitoring and capacity. Austin, TX |
December 2, 2011 Petroleum Engineers Club of Dallas. Vanessa Nuñez was invited to give talk "Carbon Storage for Commercial EOR." Dallas, TX
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GCCC researcher Vanessa Nuñez speaks about EOR at the Petroleum Engineers Club of Dallas. |
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November 27-December 5, 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Katherine Romanak was invited to present a talk titled, "Geologic Carbon Storage; Monitoring and Environmental Impacts," at the Carbon Capture and Storage Association's official UNFCCC side event at COP17. The side event, 'CCS in the CDM', was aimed at informing negotiators and other delegates about various aspects of CCS technology and its potential inclusion in the CDM (Clean Development Mechanism). STORE's Hilary Olson also attended. Olson and Romanak's presence at the meeting in South Africa demonstrates how GCCC and STORE outreach efforts are playing a role in informing international negotiations on carbon capture and storage. Durban, South Africa
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| November 15-17, 2011 NETL Carbon Storage Program Infrastructure Annual Review Meeting. Tip Meckel presents, "Gulf of Mexico Miocene CO2 Site Characterization Mega Transect." Hilary Olson presents, "Sequestration Training, Outreach, Research and Education (STORE)." Michael Young and Ian Duncan attend. Pittsburgh, PA |
| November 15, 2011 Two new journal articles on CO2 monitoring are authored by GCCC researchers. "Sensitivity of groundwater systems to CO2; application of a site-specific analysis of carbonate monitoring parameters at the SACROC CO2-enhanced oil field," by Katherine Romanak, and Rebecca Smyth, Changbing Yang, Susan Hovorka, and Jiemin Lu has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. Jiemin Lu is lead author on a paper published in the Journal of Chemical Geology, "CO2-rock-brine interactions in Lower Tuscaloosa Formation at Cranfield CO2 sequestration site, Mississippi, U.S.A." For more information on the papers, please click here. |
| November 8, 2011 Global CCS Institute Austin Regional Meeting. Ian Duncan presented a talk, Carbon Storage Research" on CCS research results in the Gulf Coast. Rebecca Smyth, Susan Hovorka, and Katherine Romanak attended. The meeting was co-sponsored by GCCC. Austin, Texas |
| November 1-2, 2011 2011 International Forum on CCS and Energy Storage Technologies. Susan Hovorka attended the conference and presented "Storage Technology in the USA - case studies in monitoring large and small volume CO2 Injections." Taipei, Taiwan |
| October 28, 2011 The National Academies Division on Earth & Life Studies. Susan Hovorka was invited to present a talk on "Geological Storage of Captured Carbon" as part of the DELS Frontline Issues Special Session. Irvine, California |
October 21, 2011 Next Generation Project: Texas Assembly. As a sponsored fellow, Tip Meckel joined 50 young leaders from around Texas to foster cutting-edge, innovative solutions to our shared global challenges. The Assembly gathers the best and brightest young business and academic leaders from around the state to discuss issues through rigorous, responsible debate. This meeting focused on energy, economic development, the environment, and U.S. global policy. Fort Worth, TX
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Meckel with other members of the Texas Assembly in Fort Worth. |
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| October 20-22, 2011 Florida Association of Science Teachers 2011. Katherine Romanak presented, "Climate Change and Climate Mitigation Technology," at science teacher professional development conference titled Celebrating Science in Our World. Hilary Olsen presented, "Earth Science Education for the 21st Century," with Kathy Ellins. The workshop was in conjunction with STORE, the GCCC's outreach partner. Orlando, Florida |
| October 9-14, 2011 Society of Petroleum Engineers Forum: Eastern Hemisphere CO2 Geological Storage: Will We Be Ready In Time? Susan Hovorka invited to attend, and key participant in breakout sessions and discussions. The Algarve, Portugal |
| October 9-12, 2011 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Julie Ditkof presented a digital poster titled, "Time lapse seismic response (4D) related to industrial-scale CO2 injection at an EOR and CCS site, Cranfield, MS." Jiemin Lu presented a talk, "Fluid flow in a fluvial formation revealed by continual monitoring of fluid chemistry during injection of carbon dioxide," co-authored by Seyyed Hosseini. Minneapolis, MN |
| October 9, 2011 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Julie Ditkof will present a digital poster titled, "Time lapse seismic response (4D) related to industrial-scale CO2 injection at an EOR and CCS site, Cranfield, MS." Minneapolis, MN |
| October 8, 2011 Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Workshop: Natural and Engineered Carbon Sequestration. Jieming Lu attended and presented, "Comparing various monitoring methods for CO2 injection." Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. |
September 27-30, 2011 The Midwestern Governors Association (MGA). In partnership with the Great Plains Institute, GCCC’s Alliance for Sequestration Training, Outreach, Research and Education (STORE), Denbury Resources, Southern Co. and the Southern States Energy Board, MGA organized a public-private regional delegation to Texas and Mississippi to focus on commercial enhanced oil recovery using CO2-EOR. The delegation visited commercial CO2-EOR operations and received expert briefings about technical, economic, project development, and environmental aspects of EOR and about successful policies and public-private partnerships that have helped expand the commercial CO2-EOR industry in the Gulf Coast region, including opportunities for using this technology for storage of CO2. STORE contributed a workshop on Wednesday, September 28, at the Houston Research Center, which included presentations and viewing of cores. Texas and Mississippi
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Sue Hovorka discusses Frio cores, EOR and carbon sequestration before a field trip to
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| September 19-23, 2011 The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) 4th Ministerial meeting. The CSLF is a ministerial/cabinet-level (e.g. energy minister/secretary) global initiative focused on the development of CCS. The event was highlighted by a day long open and closed meeting of energy ministers including US DOE Sec. Stephen Chu. The conference also served as a platform for several other announcements and side-meetings including the US-China Clean Energy Research (CERC), which has numerous joint CCUS activities. Logan West participated in the conference, helping to release the Guidelines for CCUS in China and reported for the Exchange Monitor. Beijing, China |
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| GCCC graduate student Logan West with Jerry Fletcher of West Virginia University, director of the CERC – Advanced Coal Technology Consortium at the CSLF Meeting in Beijing. |
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September 11, 2011 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Technical Workshop. The workshop made progress toward allowing CCS projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the UNFCC. Ninety-one delegates from 33 countries and an array of experts, including Katherine Romanak who presented a talk on groundwater protection, attended the workshop. Presentations will inform the UNFCCC Secretariat who is preparing options in a negotiating text for Parties in Durban later this fall. Abu Dhabi
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Katherine Romanak speaks before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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| September 1, 2011 UT Energy Symposium. Carey King gives featured talk "Historical Energy Overview & Why There is No Consensus for the Future." Austin, TX |
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Carbon dioxide, produced by combustion of fossil fuels, exceeds global assimilative capacity and may result in negative impacts on the ocean and climate. The Gulf Coast Carbon Center (GCCC) seeks to impact global levels of atmospheric greenhouse-gas emissions by
- Conducting studies on geologically sequestering CO2 in the deep subsurface, focusing on the Gulf Coast,
- Educating the public about risks that might limit deployment and measuring the retention of CO2 in the subsurface, and
- Enabling the private sector to develop an economically viable industry to sequester CO2 in the Gulf Coast area.
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