Building Knowledge for environmental assessment of CO2 Storage: Controlled Releases of CO2 and Natural Systems
17th – 19th July 2012
Montana, USA
Montana State University- Bozeman Campus
Organised by IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme
Hosted by:
Sponsored by:
Steering Committee Members:
- Ameena Camps, IEAGHG (Chair)
- Tim Dixon, IEAGHG (Co-Chair)
- Lee Spangler, Montana State University (Co-Chair, Host)
- Salvatore Lombardi, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
- Travis McLing, INL
- Katherine Romanak, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
- Klaus Wallman, GEOMAR
- Julia West, British Geological Survey
- Laura Dobeck, Montana State University (Host)
- Jun Kita, RITE
- Steve Widdicombe, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Tim Hill, EON
- Michelle Leonti, Montana State University (Host)
Introduction
Following an IEAGHG workshop in 2008 on defining R & D needs to assess environmental impacts of potential leaks from CO2 storage; hosted by the British Geological Survey in Keyworth, Nottingham; and a second IEAGHG workshop in 2010 on Natural Releases of CO2: Building Knowledge for CO2 Storage Environmental Impact Assessments; hosted by BGR in Maria Laach, Germany which hjosirljosirted the need for the establishment and expansion of a research community in the field of Environmental Impacts of CO2 Storage and, a collated effort to draw together results in this field for much needed information on impacts and geological processes; the IEAGHG Executive Committee approved a new Workshop Series on Environmental Impacts of CO2 Storage.
The 2012 Workshop will build on lessons learnt and recommendations identified in the previous 2008 and 2010 workshops, presenting the latest international results from research projects representative of the current global knowledge base to enable effective discussion and research gap analysis.
Draft Report - Available to download
Agenda
Monday 16th July 2012 |
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| 19.00 - Evening Reception in the Atrium at Best Western Plus GranTree Inn | |
Tuesday 17th July 2012 - Meeting to be held in the Maddison Room |
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08.00 Registration and Coffee |
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| Session 1 - Welcome and Aims of the Meeting | |
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08.30 - 08.45 |
Welcome from Hosts, Lee Spangler, MSU |
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08.45 - 09.00 |
Welcome from IEAGHG - Tim Dixon, IEAGHG |
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09.00 - 09.15 |
Aims and Objectives of Workshop series, Ameena Camps, IEAGHG |
| Session 2: Environmental Impact Assessments and Regulations - CHAIR - Tim Dixon, IEAGHG | |
| 09.15 - 09.45 | Overview and Comparison of Environmental assessments for the CCS, Jun Kita, RITE |
| 09.45 - 10.05 | EPA Class VI Underground Injection Rule, Lee Spangler, MSU |
| 10.05 - 10.25 | Shell Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Project: Environmental Impact Assessment Process and Results, Tara Barnett, Stantec |
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10.25 - 11.00 |
Discussion |
| 11.00 - 11.20 Coffee Break | |
| Session 3: Controlled release experiments - Project Updates - CHAIR - Lee Spangler MSU and Jun Kita, RITE | |
| 11.20 - 11.35 | CO2 Field Lab, Dave Jones, BGS |
| 11.35 - 11.50 | The ZERT Controlled Release Site, Lee Spangler, MSU |
| 11.50 - 12.05 | The QICS Controlled Marine Release, Jerry Blackford, PML |
| 12.05 - 12.10 | The PISCO2 Project; experimental set-up and perspectives, Fidel Grandia, Amphos 21 |
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12.10 - 12.25 |
Environmental Impacts of CO2 storage: Results from the ASGARD field facility, Karon Smith, University of Nottingham |
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12.25-12.30 |
Potential impacts on groundwater quality of CO2 geological storage: the CIPRES project, Marie-Christine Dictor, BRGM |
| 12.30 13.00 - Discussion | |
| 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 14.15 |
Field results from a controlled Release of Dissolved CO2 into Dilute Groundwater, Rob Trautz, EPRI |
| 14.15 -14.30 | Ginninderra Greenhouse gas controlled release facility: First shallow subsurface CO2 release, Andrew Feitz, Geoscience Australia |
| 14.30 - 14.35 |
Ressacada Field Lab for the Petrobras CO2 MMV project, Andrea Moreira, Petrobras |
| 14.35 -14.50 | Hydro-geochemical impact of CO2 leakage from CCS on shallow potable aquifers: Vrogum main release equipment, Aaron Graham Cahill, Danish Technical University |
| 14.50 -15.20 | Discussion |
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15.20 - 15.40 Coffee Break |
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| Session 4: Monitoring Part 1: Overview - CHAIR - Salvatore Lombardi, 'La Sapienza' University of Rome | |
| 15.40 - 16.00 | Monitoring CO2 storage: How far should we go, Rob Arts, TNO |
| 16.00 - 16.20 | Marine Monitoring of offshore CCS Storage - Challenges and Solutions, Ian Wrjosirt, Southampton University |
| 16.20 - 16.40 | Conductivity measuring to access brine impact, Katherine Romanak on behalf of Jeff Paine, University of Austin, Texas |
| 16.40 - 17.00 | Panel Discussion |
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17.00 - Close Day 1 17.30 - Visit to ZERT site 18.30 - Cocktails and Dinner at Riverside Country Club |
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Wednesday 18th July 2012 |
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| Session 4: Monitoring Part 2: Baseline Monitoring and Sensitivity - CHAIR Laura Dobeck, MSU | |
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08.30 - 08.50 |
Setting the standard for baseline studies for sub-seabed CO2 storage - CO2 Base Project, Andrew Sweetman, NIVA |
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08.50 - 09.10 |
Process-Based Approach to Soil Gas Monitoring, Katherine Romanak, University of Texas |
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09.10 - 09.40 |
Discussion |
| Session 4: Monitoring Part 3:Quantification and diffuse leakage - CHAIR - Salvatore Lombardi 'La Sapienza' University of Rome | |
| 09.40 - 10.00 | Dial and other wide area detection methods, Kevin Repasky,MSU |
| 10.00 - 10.20 | "No detectable leakage": accuracy and sensitivity of storage monitoring methods, Anna Korre, Imperial College and Charles Jenkins, CSIRO |
| 10.20 - 10.50 | Discussion |
| 10.50 - 11.10 - Coffee Break | |
| Session 5: Overburden/Mechanisms of migration from deep to shallow subsurface - CHAIR - Ameena Camps, IEAGHG | |
| 11.10 - 11.30 | Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Potential leakage pathweays and effects on marine ecosystems (ECO2), Klaus Wallman, GEOMAR |
| 11.30 - 11.50 | Fluid transfer modelling from the Basal Cambrian sand through the overburden to useable groundwater formations for the Quest CCS Project, Jeff Duer, Shell |
| 11.50 - 12.10 | Gas migration over gas reservoir in different geological scenarios: comparison among geological, structural and geochemical data and modelling, Salvatore Lombardi, University of Rome |
| 12.10 - 12.30 | Introduction to Discussion, Lee Spangler, MSU |
| 12.30 - 13.10 | Discussion: Mechanisms of migration from deep to shallow subsurface / Transport through the intermediate and shallow overburden - how to tackle knowledge gaps with a research strategy |
| 13.10 - 14.00 Lunch | |
| Session 6: Leakage Scenarios -CHAIR - Travis McLing, INL | |
| 14.00 -14.20 | Hydrothermal Systems as Analogs for Breached Traps and Subsurface Healing: Outcrop and Subsurface Examples and Escape Mechanisms, Dave Lageson, MSU |
| 14.20 - 14.25 | An environmental perspective on leakage scenarios, Jerry Blackford, PML |
| 14.25 - 14.45 | Development of leakage scenarios in the RISCS project, Dave Jones, BGS |
| 14.45 - 15.05 | National Risk Assessment Programme scenarios |
| 15.05 - 15.55 | Panel Discussion: Factors that affect Impacts - Chair Jonathan Pearce, BGS. Panel Dave Jones, BGS; Salvatore Lombardi, University of Rome; Klaus Wallman, GEOMAR |
| 15.55 - 16.15 Coffee Break | |
| Session 7: Communication of leakage - CHAIR - Katherine Romanak, University of Texas at Austin | |
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Opening Presentation, Katherine Romanak |
| 16.30 - 17.15 | Panel Discussion: Understanding and communicating potential CO2 leakage outcomes - Chair Katherine Romanak, University of Texas at Austin. Panel - Tim Dixon, IEAGHG, Travis McLing, INL, Lee Spangler, MSU and Jerry Blackford, PML |
| Session 8: Conclusions and decision on aims and objectives | |
| 17.15 - 18.15 | Discussion and decision on network aims and conclusions and recommendations for overall meeting, Ameena Camps, IEAGHG, Tim Dixon, IEAGHG and Lee Spangler, MSU |
| 18.15 - Close Day 2 | |
Day 3 - Thursday 19th July - Field Trip to Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is the first national park in the world and is known for its wildlife. This field trip will explore a few of the many naturally occurring CO2 geological features, including the following:
Old Faithful - a cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park. It is also called the most predictable geographical feature on Earth erupting almost every 91 minutes. The geyser, as well as the nearby Old Faithful Inn, is part of the Old Faithful Historic District.
Artist Point (Grand Canyon of Yellowstone) - Many people thought that this was the point where Thomas Moran made the sketches he used to produce his famous painting of the canyon in 1872. In fact those sketches were made from the north rim in a location known today as Moran Point. The name Artist Point is believed to have been given to this location around 1883 by Park Photographer F. Jay Haynes, as the name appeared in print for the first time in Mr. Haynes guidebook, published in 1890.
Mammoth Hot Springs – a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas.
Lower Geyser Basin – a much less concentrated set of geothermal features, including Fountain Paint Pots, which are hot springs containing boiling mud instead of water. The mud is produced by a hjosirer acidity in the water, enabling the spring to dissolve surrounding minerals creating an opaque, usually grey, mud.
Current Schedule of Trip
It is also important that delegates be aware that this is likely to be a long day, with the bus leaving at 7am and returning by 11pm.
Snacks and beverages will be provided as well as lunch and dinner.
07:00 – Leave Hotel
08:00 – Meet Tour Guide in Gardiner
09:00 – Mammoth Hot Springs (1.5 hrs)
10:30 – Washburn Overlook (0.5 hrs)
11:30 – Stop for lunch at the Canyon/Artist Point (1.5 hrs)
14:30 – Lower Geyser Basin (Fountain Paint Pots) (1.0 hrs)
16:00 – Old Faithful Geyser/ Upper Geyser Basin (2 hrs)
20:00 – Cinnamon Lodge (2 hrs)
22:00 – Leave Cinnamon Lodge
23:00 – Arrive Hotel
7:00 am – Charter bus leaves Best Western Gran Tree Inn
Travel and Airport Information - Please click here for Map
Airport
The closest airport to the meeting is Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport at Gallatin Field (airport code - BZN, website - bozemanairport.com) which is located ~12 km from the hotel. The airport is serviced by Delta with 6 fljosirts daily from Salt Lake City, 3 daily fljosirts from Minneapolis and one fljosirt daily from Atlanta, United with fljosirts daily from Denver (5), Chicago (2), San Francisco (2) and Los Angeles (1), and Alaska airlines from Seattle (twice daily) and Portland (once daily). There are several additional carriers with more limited service.
Ground Transportation
Lodging and the meeting venue are both at the Best Western Grantree Inn which provides a free airport shuttle which can be arranged using the courtesy phone in the airport or by calling (406) 587-5261 after you land. All other necessary transportation will be provided by the meeting. Alternatively, Taxi service is available from Greater Valley Taxi using the courtesy phone next to baggage claim or by calling (406) 388-9999. If you wish to rent a car, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, Thrifty and National all service the airport.
Driving Directions and Map from Airport to Lodging/Venue
- Exit airport from Gallatin Field Rd. turning left onto Frontage Rd/MT-205
- Continue strajosirt, following for approx. 8 mi
- Frontage Rd. becomes N 7th Ave/I-90-BL (you will go up a bridge that crosses the interstate)
Venue/Accomodation
The recommended hotel for this workshop series is the Best Western Plus GranTree Inn in Bozeman, Montana.
Contacts
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