Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 21 Sept. 2006

• Program

Opening Session:
Chair: Dr. Majid A. Al-Moneef, Governor for OPEC, Saudi Arabia

• Welcome Address: Dr. Majid A. Al-Moneef, Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
• Introductory Remarks: Dr. Hasan M. Qabazard, Director, Research Division, OPEC Secretariat
• Introductory Remarks: Dr. Derek Taylor, Energy Advisor, Directorate General for Transport & Energy, European Commission
• Keynote Speech: The IPCC special report on Carbon Dioxide, Capture & Storage -
  Dr. Leo Meyer, Head, Technical Support Unit of Working Group III, IPCC

Session One: Overview of Technologies
Chair: Mr. Mohamed Hamel, Head, Energy Studies Dept., OPEC Secretariat

• Update on CCS technologies & costs - Harry Audus, General Manager, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Program
• Overview of existing CO₂ Geological Storage Schemes (Sleipner, Snohvit, In-Salah,
  K-12b) - Wolfgang Heidug, General Manager, Int'l Association of Oil & Gas Producers
  
  European proposals for integrated Power Generation with CO₂ Capture & Storage:
  
• Norwegian Carbon Capture & Storage Projects - Tor Fjaeran, Senior Vice President, Corporate HSE, Statoil
• Industrial Applications of Hydrogen Manufacture from Fossil Fuels with CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery - Iain W. Wright, CO₂ Project Manager, BP Group Technology
  
  
• CO₂ReMoVe: An EU integrated project on research into verification & monitoring of CO₂ geological storage - Petra David & Emile Elewaut, Project Coordinators, TNO Organization for Applied Scientific Research, The Netherlands
  
  

Session Two: Prospects of CCS in OPEC Member Countries & the EU
Chair: Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabban, Chairman of the Conference, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia

Further R&D paths for securing commercial breakthroughs of CCS:
• Derek M. Taylor, Energy advisor, Directorate General for Transport & Energy, European Commission
• David Pollard, Alstom Power - The OEM Perspective

• The In-Salah CCS experience - Redouane Haddadji, Senior Assistant to Corporate Director for HSE, Sonatrach, Algeria
• CCS & CDM: The Nigerian Experience - Abiodun Ibikunle, Office of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Nigeria
• CCS: The views of Saudi Aramco - Osama Fageeha, Carbon Management Team Leader, Saudi Aramco
• ADNOC Perspectives on CCS - Ahmed Braek, Petroleum Resources Development Division, ADNOC, UAE

Session Three: Non-technical factors essential for CCS breakthrough
Chair: Mr. Derek Taylor, Energy Advisor, Directorate General for Transport & Energy, European Commission

• Current policies & regulations - Tania Constable, General Manager, Resources Development Branch, Dept. of Industry, Tourism & Resources, Australia
• Towards an EU Regulatory Framework for CCS - Jane Amilhat, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Environment, European Commission
• The role of the CDM in CCS - Adrian Stott, CDM Consultant, Mitsubishi Securities
• Ensuring public acceptance for CCS - The ACCSEPT project - Ole Andreas Flagstad, Principal Research Engineer, DNV Research