That makes the simplistic assumption that no other oil would be drilled elsewhere instead. This is likely untrue.
In reality this is (at worst) a small subsidy for prioritizing one deposit over another. It has the fortunate effect of subsidizing some cool tech meantime. A On Jan 30, 2013 6:44 PM, "RAU greg" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Andrew. For those of us who are interested in stabilizing if not > reducing air CO2, CO2-EOR in the guise of CCS is, to put it mildly, > counterproductive. Currently, per tonne of CO2 injected 3-5 tonnes of CO2 > are ultimately emitted from the refinement and use of the oil produced*. > From a carbon management standpoint it would be far better to simply emit > the waste CO2 to the atmosphere and leave the oil carbon very well > sequestered in the ground. Instead we are lead to believe that CO2-EOR > "CCS" will help stabilize air CO2, using federal funds (a staggering $253M > for just the project below), tax credits, etc that are otherwise intended > for efforts that are actually serious about stabilizing or reducing atmos. > CO2. > > On Jan. 3 I sent this list a link** to a detailed draft industry protocol > for calculating GHG reduction credits for CO2 EOR "CCS" that in 100 pages > manages to completely ignore the net effect this activity will have on the > planet. Since this protocol will likely help set policy for CO2 crediting, > I hope those who are outraged as I am will join me in submitting a > comment***. Or co-sign mine - draft attached. Due Jan 31. > > -Greg > > * http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es902006 > > ** > http://americancarbonregistry.org/carbon-accounting/css-for-oil-and-gas-reservoirs-public-comment > > *** > http://americancarbonregistry.org/carbon-accounting/carbon-capture-and-storage-in-oil-and-gas-reservoirs > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> > *To:* geoengineering <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wed, January 30, 2013 1:06:25 AM > *Subject:* [geo] Air Products’ Carbon Capture Project onstream | News | > gasworld > > > http://www.gasworld.com/air-products-carbon-capture-project-onstream/2001725.article > > Described by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) as a milestone > in DOE’s Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) program, Air Products > has announced Phase One of its two stage carbon capture project in Port > Arthur, Texas is onstream. > > Ultimately, the project will capture approximately one million tonnes of > carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) annually to be recovered, purified by Air Products, > and transported by Air Products via a pipeline owned by Denbury Green > Pipeline-Texas, for injection into the Denbury Onshore operated West > Hastings Unit, an enhanced oil recovery project in Texas. > > Air Products designed, constructed, and is now operating Phase One of a > state-of-the-art system to capture CO 2 from one of its steam methane > reformers (SMR) located within the Valero Port Arthur Refinery. The CO 2 > removal technology has been retrofitted to the SMR, which produces hydrogen > to assist in the making of cleaner burning transportation fuels by refinery > customers on Air Products’ Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network. > > Phase Two, involving a second Air Products’ SMR at the site, is to be > onstream in April 2013. “We have successfully launched Phase One and would > like to congratulate all of our project collaborators on the achievement. > We are now focused on getting Phase Two onstream and completing the project > as designed. This novel and technology-leading project would not have > occurred without the support and involvement of DOE,” said Wilbur Mok, vice > president, North America Tonnage Gases for Air Products. > > DOE stated in its announcement that, “This event marks a milestone in > DOE’s ICCS program: progressing beyond research and development to a > demonstration scale that can be readily replicated and deployed into > commercial practice within the industry. Goals of the ICCS program are to > mitigate climate change through carbon capture, utilisation and storage; > create jobs; and position the United States as a world leader in > carbon-capture technologies.” DOE provided a significant portion of the > funding (66%) for the over $400m project. In June 2010, Air Products was > selected to receive $253m in funding from DOE through the National Energy > Technology Laboratory under the ICCS Program, which is funded by the > American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for this project. It later > received an additional $30m from DOE through the ARRA for final > engineering, design, construction, and project operation through September > 2015. Air Products’ project was the only industrial gas company led > undertaking selected by DOE, and one of only three projects receiving > additional funding towards a commercial demonstration project. > > DOE has estimated that Air Products’ Port Arthur Project will assist in > the recovery of 1.6-3.1 million additional barrels of domestic oil > annually. DOE’s announcement stated that when an oil well begins “playing > out,” not enough oil is pumped to make it worthwhile to continue using the > well, and the well is closed or “shut-in,” even though much of the original > oil in the field remains in the formation. Several methods of enhances oil > recovery have been developed to recover this remaining oil, including > pumping CO 2 down to the oil reservoir. In the Port Arthur project, a > monitoring, verification, and accounting program will ensure that the > injected CO 2 remains underground, safely and permanently trapped in the > same geologic formation that confined the oil brought to the surface in the > demonstration. > > Air Products’ Port Arthur hydrogen production facility hosting the CO 2 > project is part of its industry-leading Gulf Coast hydrogen plant and > pipeline supply network, the world’s largest system of its kind, serving > multiple refinery and petrochemical operations in the region. The pipeline > stretches from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana. > In August it began supplying over 1.2 billion cubic feet of hydrogen per > day to refinery and petrochemical customers. Air Products had operated two > hydrogen pipeline systems in Texas and Louisiana before joining them with > the new 180-mile segment. > > The 600-mile pipeline span is fed by over 20 Air Products hydrogen > production facilities. Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining > processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins > and aromatics to meet the product fuels specifications. Air Products has > worked on several carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects around > the world for the power market. These projects include: > > The world’s first full demonstration of oxyfuel CCS with Vattenfall AB, > one of Europe’s leading energy companies. Air Products installed its > proprietary CO 2 capture, purification, and compression system at > Vattenfall’s research and development facility in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany, > which is viewed globally as the preeminent CO 2 oxyfuel project. > > In collaboration with the Alberta Energy Research Institute, a study > focusing on advanced CO 2 capture technology for use with gasification. > > In cooperation with DOE, Air Products designed and constructed a CO 2 > purification system in support of an oxyfuel technology development project > at a boiler-simulation facility in Windsor, Connecticut. > > Air Products demonstrated oxyfuel sour compression technology in > experimental work carried out by Imperial College London with flue gas from > a 160 kilowatt coal-fired combustion installation at Doosan Babcock’s > facility in Renfrew, Scotland, as part of the Oxycoal-UK Project. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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