Issue Nº 16 The Newsletter of the ENeRG Network December 2007
Promoting R&D capability in the service of European Industry Inauguration of the Ketzin Facilities
13 June 2007 saw the official After the international start of CO2 underground seminar, the participants were storage at Ketzin (State of transferred by bus to the Ketzin Brandenburg, Germany). In site where a lunch was served, support of the first CO2 onshore and afterwards the official act of pilot aquifer storage in Europe, inauguration began. Statements the Zero Emission Fossil Fuel were made by different political Power Plants Technology representatives, including a Platform (ZEP) organised a keynote speech by Mr Andris scientific workshop, promoting Piebalgs who spoke about the
CO2SINK Project results organizers, GFZ and ZEP, on different types of storage. Commission goal of launching and CO2 storage as a viable their status and future activities. These are the necessary a CCS Directive by the end of option for mitigation of Climate This introduced the scientific steps towards commercial Change. presentations, chaired by applications of CCS in Europe Prof Niels Peter Christensen. as well as globally.
The CO2SINK Project aims to Presentations were arranged in test CO2 geological storage two sessions: CCS Projects and The second session consisted in situ. After an assessment CO2 storage. of presentations about of CO2 storage options in the ongoing projects. Four area the most adequate site for The first session focused on major CCS projects were
CO2 storage was chosen in a the future plans of companies reviewed, Otway Basin in saline aquifer 700 m below the interested in developing Australia, In-Salah Project town of Ketzin in the vicinity of CCS as a part of their in Algeria, Sleipner Project
Berlin. The CO2 will be stored strategy for CO2 mitigation. in the Norwegian North in sandstones of the Stuttgart Presentations were made by Sea and Ketzin Project in Formation and sealed by clay representatives from Vattenfall, Germany. Although there are and gypsum cap rocks above. Shell, RWE and E.ON. All evident similarities, the four
60 000 tons of CO2 will be representatives pointed to CCS presentations showed the wide injected and stored at Ketzin as a fundamental part of their range of storage possibilities over the next two years. strategies, expressing interest that can be found in the in developing demonstration subsurface and how different Fig. 2: Drilling rig at Ketzin
The CO2 will be monitored projects, testing different conditions are caused by many using both surface and capture technologies and variable factors. 2007. After these statements, underground technologies, CO2SINK Project participants using both cores and presented a technical geophysical techniques. These explanation of the Ketzin innovative measures will form storage project. the basis for new models to help evaluate the fate of the Finally, participants were injected CO2, risks and potential directed to the site of CO2 tanks remediation actions. where the official inauguration was carried out by Mr Andris The inauguration of the site Piebalgs. After the official on June 13th took place in activities were completed, the two stages. Starting with participants were allowed to a celebration at the GFZ inspect the site and take a look headquarters at Potsdam, at the project facilities, injection and after a warm welcome by and monitoring boreholes, CO2 Prof Reinhard Hüttl and tanks and see what on-shore
Prof Kurt Häge, an international CO2 injection project looks like. seminar was opened by political representatives of the The inauguration was a European Commission, State great success with 300–400 of Brandenburg and German participants and very high Research Centres. quality of the presentations. The Mr Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy majority of the most important Commissioner, emphasised the power companies and oil & gas importance of test sites of CO2 industries were represented storage in onshore Europe and, and all expressed a great therefore, indicated CO2SINK interest in the developments will be a fundamental project of CO2SINK Project and other building experience for the activities related to CCS in the future of CO2 storage. near future.
The opening was followed Roberto Martínez & Niels Peter Christensen by presentations by the co- Fig. 1: CO2 storage tanks Carbon dioxide storage opportunities in EU New Member States & Candidate Countries
The first estimations of CO2 GESTCO project; Million Tonnes (Mt). Using the point for more objective storage opportunities in • To update European CO2 estimated storage capacities, (site specific) and precise Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Capture and Storage GIS. the region has a potential investigations and calculations
Croatia, Hungary, Poland, The storage capacity to store its CO2 emissions in follow-up projects. A major Romania, Slovenia and assessment was built on the for an average of 28 years. outcome of this work was, that Slovakia were carried out in methodology developed for 8 Looking at this figure as a total the topic of CCS was opened 2004–2006. The work was part European countries in the EU- may present the picture that to expert and public discussion of the CASTOR project (CO2 FP5 GESTCO research project. the CO2 storage options are in EU New Member States and from Capture to Storage) that The work aimed to unify, refine limited. If the storage capacity Candidate Countries. was partially funded by the and fill data gaps to secure is considered on the basis of EC under the 6th Framework comparable data throughout individual capture and storage The activities started in Programme. This work was part Europe. projects there are a range CASTOR WP 1.2 continue of Workpackage 1.2 “Geological of opportunities to capture in several follow-up projects, storage options for CO2 According to the first estimates and store the emissions for especially in EU GeoCapacity, reduction strategy”. The activity made within CASTOR, the the largest point sources a FP6 R&D project entitled was lead by Geological Survey overall CO2 storage capacity for a number of years, and “Assessing European Capacity of Denmark and Greenland in the countries in question so CCS has the potential for Geological Storage of (GEUS). The main goals of the is more than 17 Giga (billion) to make large reduction Carbon Dioxide” (introduced project were: tonnes. More detailed results in total CO2 emissions of in GEO ENeRGY No 12/2005) • To identify and collate new are presented in Table. 1. individual countries. The as well as in several national
information from Eastern Annual CO2 emissions from numbers presented should be and bilateral project funded by Europe and countries not big stationary point sources considered as the first rough national governments. The path covered by the former in these states are ca. 540 estimates and as a starting breaking work within CASTOR was, however, really the first
Country CO2 storage capacities (Mt) CO2 emissions Duration step towards CCS awareness in aquifers hydrocarbon coal fields point sources (years) this region. fields (Mt) Bulgaria 821 3.5 0 41 15.5 Ludo Kucharic, Vit Hladik & Niels Peter Christensen Croatia 351 148.5 0 6 64 Czech Republic 2863 32.6 294 97 25.3 Hungary 5000 408 240 28 17.8 Poland 3752 572 470 205 18 Romania 3000 2500 0 120 35.3 Slovakia 1349 137 0 40 28.6 Slovenia 147 2.2 0 7 16.4
Tab. 1: Estimated CO2 storage capacities in individual countries
ENeRG Student Prizes
Two ENeRG Student Prizes for and Patrick Corbett. The The EAGE/SPE EUROPEC the best presentations in the presentation was held on 12 2008 Conference in Rome field of geo-energy applications June 2007 during the Student has been selected for the next were first announced in 2006 Reception of the EAGE/SPE competition. Prizes will be based on presentations at EUROPEC 2007 Conference in awarded for the Best Student the EAGE/SPE EUROPEC London (see Fig. 3). Paper and the Best Student conference in Vienna. The first Poster. The ENeRG Steering prizewinners were Francois In addition, the London Committee will select the Schaub (Ecole des Mines de conference saw the judging of prizewinners on the basis of Paris) in category “The best the second round of ENeRG the evaluations carried out by paper” and Milana Ayzenberg Student Prizes; the results will the EAGE for the Best Paper (Norwegian University of be announced later this year. and Best Poster Awards. The Science and Technology) for awards will be given to the “The best poster”. The ENeRG Steering primary authors of the best Committee wishes to announce Fig. 3: Milana Ayzenberg and contributions from a student in The winners were awarded the third ENeRG Student Prize Francois Schaub – the first each category in a geo-energy the prizes and certificates competition worth 1000 Euro. ENeRG Student Prize winners related field. by the ENeRG president The competition will be judged at the EAGE Student Reception Alla Shogenova Alla Shogenova and ENeRG on research results in one of in London members Endre Hegedüs the many fields of geo-energy. ENeRG President 2007
ENeRG – European Network for Research in Geo-Energy ENeRG president ENeRG president for 2007 is Dr. Alla Shogenova from Institute of Geology ENeRG Newsletter – GEO ENeRGY at Talinn University of Technology, Estonia. Contact: [email protected] The Newsletter is published by Czech Geological Survey (CGS), Prague, Czech Republic ENeRG secretariat is run by Dionyz Stur State Geological Institute, Editor: Dr. Vít Hladík
In the first week of October making CCS possible, by geological storage of CO2: four sessions covering all the 2007 Paris became the spotlight co-financing CCS-focused • How much CO2 can be important parts of the CCS of worldwide CO2 Capture and research or by allowing the stored and where? deployment process: Issues Storage community. Three Member States to provide direct • How to inject CO2 ? and strategies for controlling important events took part support to CCS projects. No • What will be the fate of the greenhouse gas emissions, here, attracting stakeholders direct financial EC support, injected CO2? Industrial achievements in of all categories – industry however, should be expected. • Could CO2 leak and affect the field of CO2 capture and representatives, researchers, ecosystems ? storage, Future developments: NGO environmentalists, The Flagship Programme is • How to monitore the stored positioning of the industry and politicians and regulators. a big opportunity, and a big CO2 and potential leakages ? technological breakthroughs, challenge at the same time, for • What safety criteria should and The structuring of the CO2 the European geo-energy R&D be applied ? sector: market, regulations community, which is expected The audience, embracing and societal perception. The to provide the necessary researchers, students, speakers represented the real knowledge for preparing technicians and regulators, leaders of the CCS community. sufficient and safe storage sites obtained a very good overview In addition to European points
for the captured CO2. of the principles, advantages of view, the presenters from On 3 October the historical and still open questions of the the USA, Australia, Canada building of Salons Hoche The second part of the event final step of the CCS process. and Brasil brought interesting hosted the 2nd General was devoted to presentations The presentations can be found perspectives from other parts Assembly of the European of industrial CCS initiatives, online at http://www.co2geonet. of the world. Technology Platform on the candidates for the com/NewsData.aspx?IdNews= Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Flagship Programme, and was 21&type=Actual. With around 400 participants, Power Plants (ETP ZEP), concluded by an interesting 26 presentations and the final a grouping of European panel discussion. In the industry, NGOs, scientists evening, around 250 delegates and environmentalists, set up of the Assembly enjoyed a 2 years ago by the European joint cocktail dinner with the Commission. The platform participants of the 2 other presented the European events (see below) at the Le Flagship Programme, Meridien Etoile hotel. The a series of 10–12 full-scale presentations from the ETP demonstration fossil fuel power ZEP General Assembly are plants fully equipped with the available at http://www.zero-
CO2 Capture and Storage emissionplatform.eu/website/ (CCS) technology that should eventarchive/GA2programme. be in operation by 2015. html. This is the first step towards fulfilling the ETP ZEP Vision “To enable European fossil fuel power plants to have zero CO2 emissions by 2020”.
The introductory speeches (among others by Ms Joan On the same day, in one of Ruddock, the UK Minister the neighbouring conference Fig. 4: ETP ZEP General Assembly at Salons Hoche of Environment, and EC rooms of Salons Hoche, representatives, Mr Jan Panek the CO2GeoNet Network On 4–5 October the Le summarizing session in the and Mr Piotr Tulej) declared of Excellence, the leading Meridien Etoile hotel presence of Mr Jean-Louis nd political support to the CCS European grouping of CO2- witnessed the 2 International Borloo, the French Minister technology both by national storage-oriented researchers, Symposium on Capture and of Ecology and Sustainable governments and the European organised a Training and Geological Storage of CO2, Development, this Symposium Commission. The Commission Dialogue Workshop on CO2 organised jointly by IFP, is becoming one of the most is ready to support the geological storage entitled ADEME and BRGM, under important CCS events in
Flagship Programme indirectly, “What does CO2 geological patronage of several French Europe. The presentations are by providing incentives like storage really mean?”. Around ministries, the European now available online at http:// incorporation of CCS into the 170 participants could listen Commission, the International www.colloqueco2.com/IFP/en/ European Emission Trading to 6 presentations providing Energy Agency and the CO2site/program_va.htm. Scheme, by modifying existing comprehensive answers to the Ile-de-France region. The and adopting new legislation basic questions connected with Symposium was divided into Vit Hladik
ENeRG Is Supporting the Balkan Geophysical Society Congress 2008
On 5–8 October, 2008, the The conference will also This promises to be an Contact: Dr Snežana Komatina- 5th Congress and Technical be under the patronage of exciting event that will Petrovic, President of Balkan Exhibition of Balkan UNESCO and City of Belgrade. cover topics related to Geophysical Society and Geophysical Society (BGS) will Co-organizers are: Ministry of Energy, Environment and President of Association of be held at the Sava Congress Mining and Energy of Serbia, Education, but also special Geophysicists of Serbia Centre, Belgrade (Serbia). Ministry of Science of Serbia sessions: HSE, Journalism [email protected] The motto of the Congress will and Ministry of Environmental and PR in energy industry, be “Geophysics at the Cross- Protection of Serbia. Co- CO2 sequestration and roads„. The Congress will be sponsors are: National Tourist climate change mitigation, organized and hosted by BGS, Organization of Serbia, Tourist Geotourism and geoheritage. Association of Geophysicists Organization of Belgrade, More information will be of Serbia and NIS (Petroleum Cultural Heritage Preservation soon available at http://www. Company of Serbia), in Institute of Belgrade and savacentar.com. cooperation with EAGE, SEG, Institute for the Protection of SPE, AAPG and ENeRG. Cultural Monuments of Serbia. GEO ENeRGY Country Profile – Romania
resources, including oil Transylvanian Basin and There are many potential deposits and petroleum numerous intra-mountain opportunities for geological
transportation by the national basins are enclosed by CO2 storage in the country. pipeline system (still in state mountains. The most promising storage ownership). sites are in the many depleted The country has a long and oil and gas fields scattered ENeRG members Petrom (http://www.petrom. rich history in oil exploration over a large area of the The ENeRG national com), now part of Austrian and production. In fact country. Saline aquifers representative is The National OMV group, is the main player Romania was the first country are present in a number of Institute of Marine Geology in oil business in Romania, to register crude production sedimentary basins such as and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar while in the gas sector the (in 1857). It reached peak the Carpathian Foredeep (http://www.geoecomar.ro); the primary company is Romgaz production of 14,7 million or Transylvanian Basin and other members are the former (http://www.romgaz.ro). tones/year in 1976 and now have possibilities for further
CCPEG – The Geological The other main company in produces around geological storage of CO2. Exploration Research and the oil sector is Rompetrol 5–6 million tones/year. However, data in these areas is Design Center, nowadays (http://www.rompetrol.ro), a Romania also has important limited and they would require a research group under the Romanian private oil company. gas deposits (peak production further study. Unmineable coal management of Exploration Several domestic and foreign of 36,2 billion cubic meters in seams have relatively poor
Division of Petrom, and oil companies are also 1986, today around 13 billion potential for CO2 storage in The “Sabba S. Stefanescu” engaged in various activities cubic meters/year) and coal Romania. Institute of Geodynamics of prospecting, exploration, and so might be considered of the Romanian Academy development and exploitation well endowed in geo-energy Romanian scientists are (IG“SSS”AR) (http://sabba. of hydrocarbons. The practical resources. actively participating in several geodin.ro/~prezentare). All of activities are carried out EU CCS-focused projects them were introduced in GEO by Romanian and foreign 84.6 Mt CO2 emission including CO2NET EAST and ENeRGY No 9/2004. operators (geology, seismic, allowances have been EU GeoCapacity. To boost the drilling, well logging, testing allocated to 249 industrial activity in this field this year a Other institutions etc). installations for the year 2007. CO2 Club was established. It is On the state level the If only installations (or point organized as a NGO, officially greenhouse gas management Current activities in the field sources) emitting over 0.1 registered at the competent is dealt at the Ministry of of geo-energy Mt/year of CO2 are considered authorities and its main Environment and Water Romanian territory is very this leaves 80 major industrial intention is to get together all Management (http://www. geologically complex. Its sources (53 power stations, the organizations interested mmediu.ro). The National backbone is the Carpathians 7 oil refineries, 7 cement in the field in order to facilitate Agency for Mineral Resources Mountains composed of a factories, 6 in metallurgy, 5 in exchange and disseminate (NAMR – http://www.namr.ro) large variety of igneous, limestone processing and ideas and to make the general is a specialized body of the metamorphic and sedimentary 2 glass factories). The biggest public as well as policymakers central public administration rocks. Beyond the Carpathian emitter of CO2 in Romania is aware of the problems put by that is in charge of applying the territory covers parts of the the ArcelorMittal steel plant CO2 emissions and the means the provisions of the Mining Moesian and East European situated in Galati in the eastern to solve them. and Petroleum laws in the field Platforms, the Dobrogea side of the country, emitting of prospecting, exploration promontory as well as a part approximately 12.5 Mt/year. Constantin Sava and and exploitation of all mineral of the Pannonian basin. The Amuliu Proca The ENeRG Network Country representatives FRANCE St. Kliment Ohridski University ROMANIA ALBANIA Dr Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol [email protected] Dr Constantin S. Sava Prof Adil Neziraj BRGM MOLDOVA National Institute for Marine Albanian Geological Survey [email protected] Dr Oleg Bogdevici Geology and Geoecology – [email protected] GERMANY Institute of Geology and GeoEcoMar AUSTRIA Dr Bernhard Cramer Seismology [email protected] Prof Karl Millahn Federal Institute for Geosciences [email protected] SERBIA University of Leoben & Natural Resources (BGR) MONTENEGRO Dr Snezana Komatina-Petrovic [email protected] [email protected] Ing Vladan Dubljevic Geophysical Institute, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA GREECE Geological Survey of Montenegro NIS-Naftagas Prof Hazim Hrvatovic Dr George H. Hatziyannis [email protected] [email protected] Zavod za geologiju Sarajevo Institute of Geology & Mineral [email protected] Exploration (IGME) THE NETHERLANDS SLOVAKIA [email protected] Chris te Ströet Dr Ludovit Kucharic BULGARIA Netherlands Institute of Applied Prof Georgi V. Georgiev HUNGARY Dionyz Stur State Geological Geoscience TNO – National Sofia University Dr Endre Hegedüs Institute Geological Survey [email protected] Eötvös Lorand Geophysical [email protected] [email protected] CROATIA Institute (ELGI) SLOVENIA NORWAY Prof Bruno Saftic [email protected] Marjeta Car Anna Aabø University of Zagreb ITALY GEOINŽENIRING d.o.o. International Research Institute [email protected] Ing Sergio Persoglia [email protected] of Stavanger (IRIS) CZECH REPUBLIC National Institute of Oceanography SPAIN and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) [email protected] Dr Vit Hladik Roberto Martinez Orio [email protected] POLAND Czech Geological Survey (CGS) Geological and Mining Institute Dr Adam Wojcicki [email protected] LATVIA of Spain (IGME) Dr Viktor Lisin PBG – Geophysical Exploration DENMARK [email protected] Prof Niels Peter Christensen Interseis Company UK – England Geological Survey of Denmark [email protected] [email protected] and Greenland (GEUS) LITHUANIA PORTUGAL Dr Nick Riley [email protected] Dr Saulius Sliaupa Virgilio Cabrita da Silva British Geological Survey [email protected] ESTONIA Institute of Geology and Ministry of Economical Activities Dr Alla Shogenova Geography and Innovation – UK – Scotland Institute of Geology, [email protected] Directorate General for Energy Prof Patrick Corbett Tallinn University of Technology FYROM (MACEDONIA) and Geology Heriot-Watt University [email protected] Dr Kiril Popovski [email protected] [email protected]