EU-OPEC Roundtable on CCS
EU-OPEC Roundtable on Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 21 Sept. 2006
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