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WESTCARB 2010
Annual Business Meeting |
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| SESSION I:
Welcome and Overview (moderated by Elizabeth Burton, WESTCARB Technical Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [LBNL]) |
| WESTCARB Welcome and Introduction (no slides) |
Consuelo Sichon, WESTCARB Principal Investigator, California Energy Commission |
| California Welcome (no slides) |
Commissioner Jeffrey Byron, California Energy Commission |
| DOE’s Carbon Sequestration Program |
Dawn Deel, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| WESTCARB Story 2010 |
Elizabeth Burton, WESTCARB Technical Director, LBNL |
| SESSION II:
Terrestrial Sequestration (moderated by Consuelo Sichon, California Energy Commission) |
| Terrestrial Sequestration |
John Kadyszewsk and Sandra Brown, Winrock International |
| Terrestrial Sequestration Panel (no slides) |
Sandra Brown, Leslie Bryan, Jim Cathcart, John Nickerson, Bob Rynearson |
| SESSION III:
Regulatory Issues and a Vision for CCS Commercialization (moderated by Mike Gravely, California Energy Commission) |
| California Carbon Capture and Storage Review Panel Update |
Carl Bauer, Bauer & Associates |
| Getting to 2050: Pathways to Deep Reductions in GHG Emissions |
Amber Mahone, E3 |
| SESSION IV:
Regional Technology Implementation Plan (moderated by Rich Myhre, Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc.) |
| Introduction to the WESTCARB Regional Technology Implementation Plan—A Commercialization Visioning Group Exercise |
Rich Myhre, Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc. |
Breakout sessions on key elements of a vision for CCS commercialization in the West:
- Beneficial Reuses of CO2
- CO2 Capture Technology Scale-up and Emerging Technology Introduction (no slides)
- Geologic Sequestration—Key “Front End” Issue: Risk Assessment and the Potential for Induced Seismicity (no slides)
- Geologic Sequestration—Evolution of Technologies for Monitoring, Verification, and Post-Closure Environmental Stewardship (no slides)
- Carbon Accounting Protocols and Regulatory Compliance (no slides)
- Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration—Protocols and Policy Fit with Other Programs in Forestry, Agriculture, and Wetlands/Watershed Management (no slides)
- CCS Project Finance (no slides)
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
SESSION V: CCS Projects in the WESTCARB Region
(moderated by Niall Mateer, California Institute for Energy and Environment [CIEE]) |
| Characterization of the Offshore Wilmington Graben for Large-Scale CO2 Sequestration |
Mike Bruno, Terralog Technologies |
Hydrogen Energy California (HECA): A Low-Carbon Power Project (no slides)
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Michael Cox, Hydrogen Energy California |
| Siting Carbon Sequestration Projects: Lessons From the Field |
Barbara Kornylo, Shell Oil |
| Best Practices for CCS |
John Litynski, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
SESSION VI: WESTCARB Regional Issues and National Resources on CCS
(moderated by Lorraine Hwang, California Institute for Energy and Environment) |
| Induced Seismicity Associated with Fluid Injections for Energy Resource Applications: Lessons Learned |
Lorraine Hwang, CIEE, on behalf of Ernie Majer, LBNL |
| U.S. Geological Survey National Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Assessment Project |
Jake Covault, U.S. Geological Survey |
| California: Assessment of Offshore Potential and Screening for Salinity in the Southern Sacramento Basin |
John Clinkenbeard, California Geological Survey |
| Alaska: Assessment of Saline Formation and Deep Coalbed CO2 Storage Potential |
Diane Shellenbaum, Alaska Department of Natural Resources |
| A Summing Up (Elizabeth Burton, WESTCARB Technical Director, LBNL) (no slides) |
SESSION VII: BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS ON FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
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a). A future for terrestrial sequestration in California: interagency discussion
Review of Findings: Selected Terrestrial Sequestration Projects, John Nickerson, Climate Action Reserve
b). Industry perspective on geologic CO2 storage—an exploration of issues and resources to support a regulatory framework
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