IEAGHG 2013 RCSP Peer Review Summary

Publication Overview

The 2013 international independent expert review of the RCSP had the following aims: 1. To follow up progress in addressing the recommendations of the second review in 2011 of the RCSP Initiative and their Phase III projects. 2. To assess the progress on the individual Phase III projects and consider whether the proposed technical work program for each project achieves the individual projects goals and those of the overall RCSPs. Inherent in this assessment will be the identification of any gaps or modifications that are necessary to the individual work program to address both the projects and the overall RCSP goals. 3. To assess results and key findings from the Phase III tests across the RCSP Initiative as they relate to the DOE/NETL Program goals. 4. To assess the overall technical integration of the RCSP Initiative, address the synergies between the eight Phase III projects and how they complement each other and how collectively they will provide a technical basis for future commercial scale projects in the USA. 5. To assess how the RCSP compares/compliments/contrasts with similar projects underway worldwide and how the information from these projects contributes to an international knowledge base on CO₂ capture and storage

Publication Summary

In 2013 a third IEAGHG peer review was completed on seven Phase III RCSP projects. The panel consisted of seven international experts. Each RCSP team outlined the technical and non-technical scope of its project and presented interim results. The panel discussed the merits and challenges of each project in view of objectives and goals and then made a series of recommendations to improve and enhance each work program. All of the projects reviewed have provided, and continue to generate, significant developments in CO₂ storage. The review panel also made a series of general recommendations that could be applied to all the projects. From an international perspective there was unanimous agreement that the RCSP Initiative is a world leading initiative that is generating valuable results and experience. The scientific and technical advances, as well as public outreach activities, should be communicated to a wider audience via dedicated publications, journal publications, conferences and existing bilateral agreements.