ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING (VILT)
This 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course covers carbon
capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide. Burning fossil fuels for
energy is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. Most
anthropogenic (man-made) carbon dioxide is emitted by coal-fired or gas-fired
power plants, and significant quantities of carbon dioxide are emitted through
the production and separation of carbon dioxide-rich natural gas and industries
such as cement, iron and steel. Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, or CCUS,
involves the long-term storage of captured carbon dioxide emissions in
subsurface geologic formations.
This VILT course covers all aspects of CCUS including transport, storage and
monitoring, economics and community engagement. It explores in detail the
challenges of the current technology of geological storage, monitoring and
verification including examples from working projects around the world. Many of
these technologies are commonly employed by the petroleum industry. Successful
deployment of CCUS will also require economic incentives, appropriate
regulation, clarity on liability issues and acceptance by the community. These
aspects of CCUS, and the corresponding opportunities for appropriately skilled
organisations and individuals also will be discussed.
Course Content at a Glance
1. Context for CCS/CCUS as An Emissions-reduction Measure
2. Principles of Geological Storage
3. Finding Geological Storage Sites
4. Stationary Sources of Carbon Dioxide for Capture
5. Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
6. Compression and Transport of Carbon Dioxide
7. Economics of CCS/CCUS
8. Community, Safety, Legal & Regulatory Issues
9. Risk Assessment
Training Objectives
Upon completion of this VILT course, participants will be able to:
* Identify the need for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
* Outline the key steps in the Carbon Capture and Storage process
* Distinguish between reservoir rocks and sealing rocks
* Describe the importance of permeability and porosity to storing carbon
dioxide
* Contrast the geological structures and trapping mechanisms for storing carbon
dioxide
* Describe the changes in geologically stored carbon dioxide over time
* Outline the monitoring techniques employed to ensure the carbon dioxide is
safely stored
* Appreciate the industrial applications of carbon dioxide capture
* Recognize the scale of industry required for transporting and storing carbon
dioxide
* Describe economic considerations for CCS/CCUS
* Outline the economic and environmental opportunities and challenges with
using carbon dioxide injection in a range of applications
* Explain the challenges of regulatory frameworks and public acceptance in a
CCS/CCUS project
* Identify potential risks of a CCS/CCUS project
* Outline the risk assessment and management process
Target Audience
This VILT course is ideally suited for a technical audience - geoscientists,
petroleum and chemical engineers - as well as for economists, regulators, legal
staff and managers wishing to learn more about the details of both the
technical, regulatory and socio-economic aspects of carbon capture and storage.
Participants should have:
* Experience with oil and gas, coal or other energy projects
* Basic understanding of the energy industry
Course Level
* Intermediate
Trainer
Your first expert course leader spent 18 years in the Petroleum Industry before
joining academia, in both technical and managerial roles with Shell, Arco and
Vico. He has received numerous awards, including Distinguished Service, Honorary
member and Special Commendation awards from the American Association of
Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) and was AAPG's International Vice-President and
recently chairman of AAPG's House of Delegates (the Associations Parliamentary
body).
He is an SPE Distinguished Lecturer (DL) and has served as DL for several other
professional organisations, including, AAPG, IPA and PESA. He is currently a
Professor of Petroleum Geology and Engineering at the Australian School of
Petroleum, University of Adelaide. He holds the South Australia State Chair in
Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and is also presently Distinguished Scientist of
the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC), having
served earlier as the Storage Program Manager and Chief Scientist.
Your second expert course leader has a wide and deep knowledge of major capture
technologies: solvent, membrane and adsorption based technologies and has
developed pathways for retrofitting CO2 capture and storage (CCS) to fossil
fuel-based power plants. He has been actively engaged in Post-combustion capture
project management and demonstration projects in Victoria's Latrobe Valley on
CO2 capture and hydrogen production, and on CO2 capture using membrane contactor
technology.
He has led various feasibility studies for the Asian Development Bank on CO2
Capture at Indian Oil Corporation's refineries, for JPOWER on hydrogen
production from Victorian brown coal and for Kawasaki on incorporation of CCS in
hydrogen production from fossil fuel. He has authored multiple peer reviewed
journal articles, co-authored various confidential reports on CO2 capture,
utilization and hydrogen production and utility, and has presented his work at
various conferences, symposiums and seminars. He has a PhD in Chemical
Engineering from Monash University Australia and a Master of Technology in
Process Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India.
POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL)
To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer
individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can
help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your
learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your
capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be
delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers.
They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help
you achieve your goals faster.
Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees
applicable for this.
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