BIOS, ABSTRACTS, PHOTOS
August 29, 2013
“Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology Applications”
THERESA PUGH - AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
BIO: Theresa is the Director of Environmental Services at the American Public Power Association (APPA), where she has been employed since 2001. She has been a lobbyist and regulatory analyst in Federal and state environmental policy since 1986. She lobbied extensively on behalf of manufacturers during the Clean Air Act reauthorization process in 1990.
She has been employed by the American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Manufacturers and American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) and worked for U.S. Senator John Tower (dec.) and for a member of the state legislature in Texas (1981-82) during college.
She is a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and attended the London School of Economics (LSE) in a summer semester program studying international history.
At APPA Theresa is responsible for environmental regulations and new generation issues.
Theresa lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
ABSTRACT: There are still many impediments to commercial demonstration of geologic sequestration of CO2 as an acid gas in non-EOR locations by the power sector. APPA's Theresa Pugh will address legal, other environmental laws, and commercial law limitations as well as the huge 'infrastructure lift' needed before CCS can be commercially demonstrated and deployed.
DR. NEERAJ GUPTA - BATTELLE
BIO: Dr. Gupta provides technical and program development leadership for the Battelle’s carbon management and subsurface exploration work. Dr. Gupta joined Battelle in 1993 and is currently a Senior Research Leader, the senior-most technical position at Battelle. Dr. Gupta has been involved in CO2 storage technology development since mid-1990s has conducted numerous projects for DOE and industry. He has been the architect and technical lead for several major projects, including CO2 sequestration work at AEP Mountaineer plant, and CO2 storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) demonstrations under Midwestern Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (www.MRCSP.org). His deep well injection work includes enhanced oil recovery, brine disposal, geologic characterization; regional hydrogeology; reservoir simulations; geochemical modeling and experiments; seismic assessments; costing, and regulatory aspects. He has co-authored more than 150 reports, papers, and conference presentations. Dr. Gupta’s prior work on environmental technology includes fate and transport of contaminants, evaluation of remediation technologies, and risk assessment projects for the Air Force, Navy, EPA, DOE, and many private and international clients.
Dr. Gupta earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Geology from Panjab University, India, Master’s degree in Geochemistry, George Washington University, and a Doctoral degree in Geological Sciences with emphasis on Hydrogeology from The Ohio State University.
ABSTRACT: Testing For Large-Scale CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery and Geologic Storage in the Midwestern USA
A key milestone in CO2 utilization and geologic storage research was recently achieved when the Midwestern Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (www.mrcsp.org) team led by Battelle initiated its large-scale CO2 injection program in Michigan with the overall goal of injecting, monitoring, and modeling at least 1 million tonnes of CO2 in multiple oil-bearing fields operated by Core Energy, LLC. Dr. Gupta will present an overview of this effort, with emphasis on project development, geologic setup, monitoring, and infrastructure aspects. The critical role of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) infrastructure in enabling research on CO2 geologic storage and applicability of the project to the nine-state MRCSP region will be presented. Dr. Gupta will also explain how geologic characterization work is helping with research on shale gas development and related produced water disposal that rely on utilization of resources in the same geologic space – illustrating a need for integrated resource assessment and planning.
JEFFREY (JEFF) H. MICHEL – BÜRO FÜR ENERGIEFORCHUNG
BIO: Jeffrey H. Michel is an MIT educated energy researcher living in Germany since 1970. He has conducted investigations on the German lignite industry, European CCS strategies, intelligent power metering, and European prospects for shale gas exploitation. His recent study "Lost hopes for CCS" has been issued by the Swedish Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat.
ABSTRACT: "European and Global Prospects of Carbon Capture and Storage"
Despite CO2 emissions increasing to the detriment of climate stability and ocean chemistry, the European Union is employing fossil fuels to implement re-industrialization policies. Little incentive exists for carbon capture technologies due to declining CO2 trading prices. Yet even with maximum deployment by 2050, less than 2 percent of global greenhouse emissions could be avoided by a EU CCS strategy.