WESTCARB 2008 Annual Meeting Anchorage, AK

WESTCARB Annual Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska, October 1-2, 2008

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WESTCARB 2008 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, October 1
SESSION I: Overview
WESTCARB Welcome	Martha Krebs, California Energy Commission
Host State/Alaska Welcome and Climate Change Strategy in Alaska	Larry Hartig, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (no slides)
DOE Overview of the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Program	Dawn Deel, U.S. Department of Energy
WESTCARB Vision and Accomplishments Overview	Larry Myer, California Energy Commission
SESSION II: Phase II Pilot Progress and Lessons Learned
Arizona Utilities CO2 Storage Pilot Arizona Aquifer Protection Permit Issues	John Henry Beyer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; John Boyer, Arizona Public Service
California Saline Formation CO2 Storage Pilot	John Henry Beyer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Edward Hymes, Shell Oil
Terrestrial Sequestration Pilots	John Kadyszewski, Winrock International
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION III(a): Terrestrial Sequestration
Carbon Market Opportunities Related to Terrestrial Sequestration	John Kadyszewski, Winrock International
Opportunities in the Forest Sector, Lessons Learned from WESTCARB Experiences to Date, facilitated by Tim Pearson, Winrock International
Shasta County (CA) Afforestation and Fuels Projects	Leslie Bryan, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District; Bob Rynearson, Beaty & Associates
Bascom Pacific	Jon Remucal, Pacific Forest Trust
The California Climate Action Registry Draft Revised Protocols: A Case Study for Forest Management, Reforestation, Private and Public Lands on LaTour Demonstration State Forest	Tim Robards, CalFire
Modeling Expected Carbon Dioxide Emission Avoidance and Reduction Benefits from Planned Fuel Treatments Implemented at Landscape Scale—Lake County, OR	Jim Cathcart, Oregon Department of Forestry
Terrestrial Sequestration Opportunities in Alaska	Ron Wolfe, Sealaska
Forest Sequestration Opportunities in Alaska	Gary Kaster, Winrock International
SESSION III(b-1): Regional Geologic Sequestration
Alaska CO2 Storage Potential Overview	Diane Shellenbaum, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Screening of Oil Pools on Alaskan North Slope and Phase Behavior Study of Viscous Oil and CO2 System in Conjunction with CO2 Sequestration	Shirish Patil, University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Insights on Cook Inlet CO2 Storage Based on Operational Experience with Natural Gas Storage	Alan Dennis, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
An Update on Geologic CO2 Storage Characterization in California	John Clinkenbeard, California Geological Survey
Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada: Version 2	Mary Jane Coombs, California Air Resources Board
SESSION III(b-2): CCS Technology Advances
Insights into the Capacity Factor of Power Plants with CCS in the Western Electric Grid	Gary Shu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Comparison of Power Plant Siting Strategies for Units with and without CCS	Sunil Ghose, Nexant
Industry Perspectives on CCS Technology Issues and Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, facilitated by Rob Trautz, Electric Power Research Institute
Dick Rhudy, Electric Power Research Institute John Boyer, Arizona Public Service James Andrew, Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Kevin Wanttaja, Salt River Project (remarks presented by Rob Trautz, EPRI; no slides)
Thursday, October 2
SESSION IV: WESTCARB Phase III Large-Volume Sequestration Test
WESTCARB Phase III Overview	Terry Surles, University of Hawaii
CES Oxy-Combustion Technology Review	Larry Trowsdale, Clean Energy Systems
Geologic Characterization and Modeling of the Kimberlina Phase III Project Site	Jeff Wagoner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reservoir Simulation of the Kimberlina Phase III Project Site and Risk Assessment	Curt Oldenburg and Christine Doughty, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hydrogen Energy California Project	Michael Cox, Hydrogen Energy
CO2 Sequestration Market Development	Dwight Peters, Schlumberger
SESSION V: National and State Regulatory Developments
Review of EPA Draft Rulemaking for Geologic Carbon Sequestration	Gregory Schnaar, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
California Policy Directions	Martha Krebs, California Energy Commission
Implementing AB 32	Mary Jane Coombs, California Air Resources Board
AB 1925	Elizabeth Burton, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Hawaii's 2007 Greenhouse Gas Law (Act 234)	Terry Surles, University of Hawaii