Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference

23–25 March 2021 • An Online Event

ield for Petroleu

ng F m Geo
gi
er CO l
Em

ogi
sts
An

$50/TON

ECONOMICS

INTERNATIONAL
CO2

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

ccus.aapg.org
explore our
opportunities
We are recruiting experienced petroleum geologists
to work for Aramco in Saudi Arabia, where we are
advancing carbon capture, utilization and storage.

A career with us comes with opportunities to make

meaningful contributions to innovative projects
addressing global energy challenges.

Find out how you can make an impact and join one of
our teams by visiting www.aramco.jobs/ccus
 An Emerging Field for
Petroleum Geologists Welcome
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference
23-25 March 2021 • An Online Event

The maturing carbon market is a major driver for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects. Both the subsurface technical knowledge and
related data sets of the petroleum industry are major inputs required for the world to successfully move towards a carbon-neutral and sustainable energy
future. CCUS has experienced a growing interest over the past two decades due to the desire to decrease CO2 emissions and to make industrial sources
more sustainable. More recently, policy instruments such as the expanded 45Q federal tax credits – up to $35 per tonne for EOR and $50 for storage –
and carbon credit mechanisms under the low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) along the U.S. west coast are providing opportunities that offset the CCUS
deployment costs.
AAPG leadership recognizes the important role AAPG can play in the CCUS world and is making enthusiastic strides towards integrating petroleum
geologists into CCUS. Current AAPG President, Richard Fritz, stated “AAPG is about discovery science. Our members are involved in all aspects of energy
and emissions. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage is a relatively new field with new discoveries. We look forward to providing a forum on CCUS
science and technology that will help the course of decarbonization and related usage around the globe.”
President-elect, Gretchen Gillis, supports these efforts and said, “A sustainable energy future depends on highly skilled, innovative geoscientists
economically managing carbon. As hosts of CCUS 2021, AAPG brings together experts with deep knowledge and geoscientists who will leverage what
they learn to achieve a lower carbon future.”
AAPG’s first CCUS focused conference highlights current work in CCUS and tackles related challenges across three days. This includes:
• Subsurface storage
• CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Monitoring and Risk Assessment
• Case Studies
• Industry Applications
• International projects
• Economics and Policy
Speakers represent research institutions, universities, and industry. The works presented at the conference will demonstrate the ongoing need for skills
of petroleum geologists and engineers to help define the future of carbon management.
Where do petroleum geologists come into play? The technology and methodologies developed by the oil and gas industry are directly applicable in
characterizing storage formations, caprocks, development of representative models, monitoring, and ensuring the safe construction of injection sites.
Petroleum geologists are uniquely suited to evaluate candidate storage formations and EOR fields for CCUS programs, including using vast amounts of
industry data for qualifying new storage projects.
How does this benefit the petroleum industry? Given the world’s reliance on fossil-fuels for the next decades, CCUS offers a path to sustainable
development within the petroleum industry and to meet increasingly stiff emission regulations. The near-term use of CO2 for EOR also helps maximize
production of stranded oil, thus reducing the environmental footprint relative to field development. Finally, the petroleum industry is uniquely qualified to
deploy large-scale geological storage commercially while creating an additional revenue stream.
For additional information on CCUS, DEG’s, The Environmental Geosciences has published a two-part special edition (March and June, 2020) which
highlights current work related to CCUS and demonstrates the ongoing need for skills of petroleum geologists and engineers to help define the future of
carbon management. Additionally, the Bulletin is planning an upcoming special edition on CCUS to be published in August 2021.

Autumn Haagsma
CCUS 2021 Committee Co-Chair
 An Emerging Field for
Petroleum Geologists Thank You
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference
23-25 March 2021 • An Online Event Sponsors

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Bronze
 An Emerging Field for
Petroleum Geologists
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference
23-25 March 2021 • An Online Event

Organizing Committee

Autumn Haagsma Jack C. Pashin

Co-Chair Co-Chair
Battelle Memorial Institute Oklahoma State University

J. Michael Party John Kaldi

Committee Member Committee Member
Beryl Oil and Gas, LP University of Adelaide

Tiraz Birdie Richard Esposito

Committee Member Committee Member
Tbirdie Consulting, Inc. Southern Company

John R. Underhill Tip Meckel

Committee Member Committee Member
Heriot Watt University Texas Bureau of Economic Geology,
University of Texas at Austin

Steven R. Bell Michael A. Raines

Committee Member Committee Member
onecoolplanet MARs Exploration and Energy, LLC

William V. Maloney
Committee Member
Trident Energy
 An Emerging Field for
Petroleum Geologists
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference
23-25 March 2021 • An Online Event

Code of Conduct
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference (CCUS) is conducted for the benefit of
its members and interested parties to advance the science of geology, promote technology, and facilitate networking and collaboration between
professionals within the world’s geosciences community.

AAPG values the participation of its members and guests and wants all CCUS attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly,
AAPG is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical
appearance, body size, race, or religion.

We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees
throughout the conference and at all conference events, whether officially sponsored by AAPG or not.

If a participant engages in behavior that violates this code of conduct, AAPG reserves the right to take any action deemed appropriate, including warning
the offender(s) or expelling the offender(s) from the conference with no refund.

AAPG’s complete CCUS anti-harassment policy can be found at CCUS.AAPG.org.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call +1 800 898 2274.
 An Emerging Field for
Petroleum Geologists PROGRAM
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference
23-25 March 2021 • An Online Event
Tuesday, 23 March

All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT).

8:00 am–8:45 am
Keynote Speaker – Put the yoU in CCUS: Let’s Explore!
Cindy Yeilding – BP America

Subsurface Storage Monitoring

Session Chair: Autumn Haagsma Session Chair: Tiraz Birdie

8:50 am–9:15 am 1:35 pm–2:00 pm

Carbon Sequestration Potential in the Los Angeles Basin The U.S. DOE’s National Risk Assessment Partnership:
Zachary Printz – Schlumberger Developing Tools and Methods to Quantify Subsurface
Environmental Risks at Geologic Carbon Storage Sites
9:15 am–9:40 am
Robert Dilmore – DOE National Energy Technology Lab
Permitting UIC Class VI Wells in Active Induced Seismicity Region,
Lessons Learned from Wellington Pilot 2:00 pm–2:25 pm
Eugene Holubnyak – Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) Operational Monitoring for Storage Performance
Scott Frailey – Illinois Geological Survey
9:40 am–10:05 am
Large Volume CO2 Storage in the Southeastern U.S.; Reservoir 2:25 pm–2:50 pm
Characterization of the Project ECO2S Storage Complex Assessment of Multiple Monitoring Technologies Applied
David Riestenberg – Advanced Resources International in the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
Mark Kelley – Battelle
10:05 am–10:30 am
Regional CO2 Static Capacity Estimate, Offshore Saline Aquifers, 2:50 pm–3:15 pm
Texas State Waters, USA Using Ultrasensitive Surface Detection to Perform Reservoir
David Carr – Bureau of Economic Geology Characterization and the Monitoring of CO2 Sequestration Sites
Rick Schrynemeeckers – Amplied Geochemical Imaging LLC
10:30 am–10:45 am
BREAK – VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP 3:15 pm–3:40 pm
Saline Reservoir Monitoring at an Active CO2 Storage Site
Don White – Geological Survey of Canada
CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery 3:40 pm–3:55 pm
Session Chair: Mike Raines BREAK – VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP
Roy Anderson – CO2CRC
10:50 am–11:15 am
CO2-EOR and CO2 Storage Potential in the Frontier Formation at the Salt Risk Assessment
Creek Oil Field
Session Chair: Jack Pashin
Richard Ness – Advanced Resources International
11:15 am–11:40 am 4:00 pm–4:25 pm
Deployment of Optical Sensor Arrays to Characterize Mature Oil Fields The Evaluation of CO2-Injection-Induced Fault Slip Potential,
and Understanding Subsurface CO2 Movement to Enhance Oil Recovery – Integrating Petrophysics and Geomechanics
Lessons Learned From DOE Demonstration Projects Scott Pantaleone – Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Bjorn Paullson – Paullson, Inc.
4:25 pm–4:50 pm
11:40 am–12:05 pm Ensemble Forecasts of Induced Seismicity
A Survey of U.S. CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOY 2019) Kayla Kroll – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Matthew Wallace – Advanced Resources International
4:50 pm–5:15 pm
12:05 pm–12:30 pm Life Cycle Well Integrity of CO2 Storage Wells:
Enhanced Oilfield Recovery as a Critical Engineering Imperatives for Success
Early Pathway to a Net Zero Emission Future Talib Syed – TSA
Jessica Raines – Baker Hughes
5:15 pm–6:15 pm
12:30 pm–1:30 pm VIRTUAL NETWORKING – Breakout Events
SPECIAL TOPIC – Decarbonization and the Future of Oil & Gas • Subsurface storage
Richard Jackson – Oxy • CO2-EOR
• Monitoring
• Risk Assessment
 An Emerging Field for
Petroleum Geologists PROGRAM
Wednesday, 24 March
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference
23-25 March 2021 • An Online Event

All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT).

8:00 am–8:45 am
Keynote Speaker
Daniel Yergin – IHS Markit

Case Studies and Industry Applications I CCUS Internationally: Around the World in 80 Minutes I
Session Chair: Mike Raines Session Chair: Rachelle Kernen

8:50 am–9:15 am 12:45 pm–1:10 pm

Re-Purposing Super Basins for Carbon Storage Carbon Capture and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) EOR and Storage –
and Low Carbon Energy Transition A “Game Changer” Technology to Support India in its
John Underhill – Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh Environmental, Social, and Energy Resources Goals
Ganesh Thakur – University of Houston
9:15 am–9:40 am
Commercial Development of CCS in the Illinois Storage Corridor 1:10 pm–1:35 pm
Steve Whittaker – Illinois Geological Survey Top and Lateral Seal Characterizations for CCS in Jurassic Saline
Aquifers, Horda Platform, Northern North Sea
9:40 am–10:05 am Johnathon Osmond – University of Oslo
Novel Seismic Attributes and Deep Learning Approaches
in Complex Fault Network Interpretations 1:35 pm–2:00 pm
Shuvajit Bhattacharya – Bureau of Economic Geology Experiences from Developing International
Projects in Developing Countries
Case Studies and Industry Applications II Neeraj Gupta – Battelle

Session Chair: John Underhill 2:00 pm–2:25 pm

Carbon Sequestration in Basalts Norwegian Seas
10:10 am–10:35 am Bent Kjølhamar – TGS
Case Study in Bio-Energy CCS – Perspectives
from the Illinois Basin: Decatur Project 2:25 pm–2:40 pm
Sallie Greenberg – Illinois Geological Survey BREAK – VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP
Equinor
10:35 am–11:00 am
ISO Standards – Process of Certifying Storage Via EOR
Steve Carpenter – Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute CCUS Internationally: Around the World in 80 Minutes II
Session Chair: John Kaldi
11:00 am–11:25 am
Southeast Atlantic Offshore Carbon Store Resources 2:45 pm–3:10 pm
Camelia Knapp – Oklahoma State University CCS in the UK/EUR: Subsurface, Risk, and Regulation
Will Bradbury – TGS
11:25 am–11:40 am
BREAK – VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP 3:10 pm–3:35 pm
Threading the Needle: Subsurface Evaluation
11:40 am–12:40 pm of the Northern Lights CO2 Storage Project
SPECIAL TOPIC – The Carbon Utilization and Storage Renata Meneguolo– Equinor
Partnership of the Western United States (CUSP)
Martha Cather, Robert Balch, Brian McPherson 3:35 pm–4:00 pm
Building Decarbonization Society in Indonesia Through
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
Rachmat Sule – Bandung Institute of Technology

4:00 pm–4:25 pm
The Quest CCS Facility – Five Years of Operations
Simon O’Brien – Shell

4:25 pm–5:25 pm
VIRTUAL NETWORKING – Breakout Events
• Case Studies and Industry Applications
• CCUS Internationally
• Best Practices
• Economics, Policy, and Regulation
 An Emerging Field for
Petroleum Geologists PROGRAM
Thursday, 25 March
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference
23-25 March 2021 • An Online Event

Best Practices in CCUS Monetization and Economic Considerations

Session Chair: Susan Hovorka for CCUS Projects: A Round Table Discussion
Session Chair: Richard Esposito
8:50 am–9:15 am
Lessons Learned from 20 Years of CCUS 10:20 am–10:30 am
Neeraj Gupta – Battelle Electrical Utility Perspective on Decarbonization with 45Q Tax Credits
Richard Esposito – Southern Company
9:15 am–9:40 am
Development and Application of the SRMS 10:30 am–10:40 am
Scott Frailey – Illinois Geologic Survey CO2 EOR Operatory Perspective on Claiming 45Q Tax Credits
Robert Mannes – Core Energy, LLC
9:40 am–10:05 am
Frontier Offshore Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Exploration: Integration 10:40 am–10:50 am
of Basin Analysis and Seismic Stratigraphy – Example U.S. Mid-Atlantic Market Based Credit Programs-the California LCFS Example
John Pigott – The University of Oklahoma Tiraz Birdie – T Birdie Consulting

10:50 am–11:00 am
CCUS in the Paris Agreement
Paul Zakkour – Carbon Counts

11:00 am–11:10 am
CCUS as the Critical Enabler for Energy Transition and Decarbonization
Chuck McConnell – University of Houston Center for Carbon Management in Energy

11:10 am–12:10 pm
All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT). DISCUSSION / Q&A

Data For the Future of Energy

TGS offers a wide range of energy data and
insights to meet the carbon storage industry
where it’s at and where it’s headed.
Across the energy spectrum, through innovation and data-driven
solutions, we utilize diverse data sources, including our own, to enable
you to make the right investment decisions – from oil and gas to
carbon storage, and sustainable energy initiatives.

Leading Energy Data & Intelligence.