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 richard.adamson@cmc-nce.ca