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We’re all in this together …
Integrating CCS research and practitioner communities to develop an ecology of innovation
• A network of 25 Canadian academic institutions
• Over 100 senior investigators
• International & domestic research partners
• Industry sponsors
• Federal and provincial governments
• Non-Governmental Organizations
Carbon Management Canada is:
… It doesn’t matter where you live on earth, we all breathe the same air.
What we do
• Fund relevant, game-changing research …
• Train a new generation of professionals …
• Build partnerships and networks …
• Stimulate collaboration …
• inter-disciplinary
• inter-institutional
• cross-sector
• international
• Accelerate transfer of research results to practice …
… in order to reduce carbon emission.
…Carbon emissions know no borders, …
CMC’s Research Themes
A. Recovery, processing & capture
B. Emerging & enabling technologies
C. Secure carbon storage
D. Accelerating appropriate deployment
… By connecting the fossil energy industry to some of the world’s best thinkers, …
Peter Wild, UVic
Round 1 Projects (re CCS)
• Fluidized Bed Gasification of Low-grade Coals & Pet-coke
• Integrated Gasification & Looping CO2 Capture
• Development of Direct Air Capture Technology
• Storage Geochemistry
• Adapting Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Methods to Site Evaluation for CCS
• Storage Geophysics and Monitoring
• Seismic Behaviour of CO2
Saturated Sandstones
• Assessing the Potential of Low-C Fossil Fuel/Derived Technologies: Developing Modeling & Analytical Tools for Assessing the Potential Contribution of C Management to Canadian GHG Emission Reduction
• National and International Legal and Regulatory Framework for Carbon Management
… we will find answers we can all live with, …
Round 2 Projects (re CCS)
• Material Development and Optimization for Zero CO2
Emission Energy Production
• Designing Easy-Release CO2
Capture Sorbents at te Molecular Level
• CO2 Microbubbles – A Safe and Secure Technique for Increased Sequestration and EOR Potential into Oil/Gas Reservoirs
• Distributed All-Optical CO2
Sensing for Field-Scale Subsurface Carbon Management
• Storage Geomechanics & Reservoir Modeling
• Developing Techno-economic Assessment of High Performance Amine Impregnated Solid Sorbents for Post Combustion CO2 Capture
• Carbon Policy Uncertainty, Investment Decisions, and Commercial Feasibility of Carbon Capture & Storage Technology
• Towards Effective Engagement: Assessing Stakeholder Attitudes and Public Controversy Surrounding Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Energy Systems
… because when it comes right down to it, …
Round 2 Projects (re CCS) cont.
• Integrated Gravimetric and Geodetic Monitoring of Geological CO2 Storage
• Innovative Approaches to Microseismic Monitoring of Underground CO2 Injection: Seismic Interferometry & Ultralow Frequency Deformation Events
• Secure Storage of Impure CO2 in the Form of Solid Hydrate in Depleted Gas Pools in Northern Alberta
• Understanding Barriers to Low-Carbon Technology Investments in the Oil & Gas Industry: A Managerial Cognition Perspective
• Risk Assessment and Management of CCS in a Canadian Context
• A Comparitive LCA of 3 Technologies: Post-combustion & Pre-combustion Capture and Oxyfuel, Combined with CO2-EOR & Storage
… We’re all in this together.
Geosciences Field Research Station (GFRS)
• Training & research station
• Emphasis on MMV for CCS
– Detection thresholds of free-phase CO2 in subsurface
– Leak detection into overlying aquifers or atmosphere
– CO2 plume tracking
• Realistic setting
– ~700m depth (gas phase) injection of 1000 tonne/year
– Simulated release
• Compare & validate existing & new technologies
… Our collective future depends on …
Engagement w. Industry
… real-world solutions that work. …
• Collaborative development & testing of MMV technologies
• Understanding industry and government objectives
• Focus on how research community best adds value
– “Earn the right” to access and participate in projects
– Demonstrate value contribution to receive value
• Investigating ways of maximizing value from shared data without increasing burdens on projects
• Identifying future “HQP” requirements
What is the Carbon Commons?
• Collaboration platform to support engagement to deal with the challenge of transition to a low carbon emissions future
• Collaboratively developed & co-funded by CMC-NCE & IPAC-CO2
• Bottom-up user-driven philosophy
… moving beyond the climate change debate …
What’s next for the Commons?
•Current release•Streamlined “invite”
•Video conferencing system
•Coming soon•“Edistorm”
•Except CMC-NCE pay the license fees
•New visualization / analysis tools
•Seeker/Solver Dating Service
What would you like to see?
… We are developing productive relationships between industry …
What’s next?
• Seeking
– International partners for joint research programs
– Industrial partners/sponsors to
• Engage with research teams
• Collaborate in transfer of research results to practice
• Fund targeted pre-commercial research activities
• Help frame the next round of research challenges
… and academic researchers from a wide range of disciplines …
What’s next?
• Fit-for-Practice program
• Seeking
– Industry partners to ensure that funded research programs deliver on the promise of reducing carbon emissions
• Interested? Let us know.
… because when it comes right down to it, …
We’re all in this together.
For more on CMC-NCE see http://www.cmc-nce.ca
To participate in the Carbon Commons collaborative research portal, go to http://www.carboncommons.ca and click “Register Now” or email [email protected]