CCS Projects

Carbon Capture

Gasification
  • Fluidized bed gasification of low-grade coals and petcoke (2010-13)
  • Integrated gasification and looping CO2 capture (2010-14)
Materials for CO2 Capture and Separation
  • Thermodynamics and economics of CO2 capture from coal syngas using TBAB semi-clathrates (2008-12)
  • A prototype solid Oxide fuel Cell/CO2 storage system (2010-13)
  • Designing easy-release CO2 capture sorbents at the molecular level (2011-15)
Air Capture and Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Advanced climate technologies: air capture (2008-09)
  • CO2 for CCS from fuel cells (2010-13)
  • Process development, modeling and simulation of industrial-scale capture of CO2 from ambient air (2010-14)

Secure Carbon Storage

Geoscience
  • Wabamun Area CO2 Sequestration Project (2008-09)
  • Adapting probabilistic seismic hazard assessment methods to site evaluation for CCS (2010-13)
  • Geomechanical aspects of CO2 storage under fracturing and thermal condition (2010-13)
  • Co-optimization of CO2 sequestration and oil recovery in tight oil formations (2010-12)
  • Storage geochemistry (2010-13)
  • Innovative approaches to microseismic monitoring of underground CO2 injection (2011-15)
Measurement, Monitoring and Verification of CO2
  • Solid state electrochemical CO2 sensors (2010-13)
  • Storage geophysics and monitoring (2010-13)
  • CO2 measurement, monitoring and verification field research and training Centre (2010-13)
  • Atmospheric detection of CO2 leaks from storage sites (2010-12)
Carbon Storage Technologies
  • Enabling capture of CO2, under anaerobic (subsurface) conditions (2010-13)
  • Development of a new downhole well completion design (2010-14)
  • Leakage detection and characterization to accommodate safe storage of CO2 in saline aquifiers (2010-11)
  • CCS - solid hydrates in depleted gas pools (2011-15)

Technical, Socio-economic and Policy Analysis

Technology Assessment and Life Cycle Analysis
  • Life Cycle Assessment of Oil Sands Technologies (2008-09)
  • Assessing the potential of low carbon fossil-fuel/ derived technologies (2010-12)
  • Electricity generation investments in Alberta under carbon constraints (2010-12)
Decision-making in Business and by the Public
  • Pipe Dreams? Carbon capture and storage as a corporate technology strategy challenge (2008-09)
  • Energy asset pricing under emissions price uncertainty (2008-09)
  • Analysis of barriers to CCS investment decisions (2008-09)
  • Public perceptions and acceptance of CCS (2010-12)
  • Carbon policy uncertainty, investment decisions and commercial feasibility of CCS technology (2010-12)
  • Building an innovation model for CCS (2011-12)
  • Synthesis of insights in power sector investment analysis under carbon policy uncertainty (2010-11)
  • Risk assessment and management of carbon capture and storage in a Canadian context (2011-15)
  • Understanding Barriers to Low-C Technol. Investments in the Oil & Gas Ind.: A Managerial Cognition Perspective (2011-15)
  • Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) : An Evaluation of CCS Strategies and Barriers to Implementation (2011-12)
Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Issues
  • Australian legislation on CCS: A Canadian perspective (2008-09)
  • Assessing legal Issues for CCS (2008-09)
  • Lessons from government sharing of liability: Implications for carbon sequestration (2008-09)
  • Offshore CCS risks (2010-12)

Knowledge Transfer, Communications and Outreach

Analysis and Strategy
  • Industry consultation on CCS research needs (2008-09)
  • Risk management of CCS: Overview and future steps (2008-09)
  • Developing a carbon management strategy for the University of Calgary (2010-11)
Workshops and Networking
  • Pembina-ISEEE CCS Thought Leader Forum (2008-09)
  • CCS Knowledge Forum/Workshop in Risk Management/Public Engagement (2008-09)
  • Conferences and meetings in Japan, Korea and University of California, Berkeley
Training, Communication and Outreach
  • Public seminars on CCS (2008-09)
  • Executive program on business strategies for carbon management (2008-09)
  • Executive briefings (10 in total) (2008-09)