Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage Summit

Accelerating Net-Zero Emissions with CCUS

May 17-18, 2023 | Online :: Central Time

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Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is an evolving global topic as countries strive to reduce CO₂ emissions in order to meet net zero goals.  However, CCUS systems continue to be underutilized and underdeveloped.

The Carbon Capture, Storage & Utilization Conference will address the latest technologies for removing CO₂ from the atmosphere – including direct air capture, and bioenergy projects. With advancements in CCUS, multiple forces are now combining to make large scale investment in carbon capture commercially viable. Yet there are significant questions about what business models will be viable.  

Register now for this unique opportunity to hear from pre-eminent CCUS professionals. You’ll leave the conference with strategies for the deployment and commercialization of carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects. 

Learning Outcomes

This virtual forum will provide attendees an opportunity to:

• Examine how CCUS can contribute to net-zero emissions
• Review details of the Section 45Q tax credit
• Identify whether and how primacy will expedite the energy transition to a net-zero energy economy
• Develop strategies for creating a circular carbon economy
• Hear the latest details on three U.S. Carbon Capture projects
• Discover the legal underpinnings that frame risk, uncertainty, and investment in CO₂ utilization and storage infrastructure and projects

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 : Central Time

 

9:00 – 9:05 a.m. :: Welcome Message

9:05 – 10:00 a.m. :: CCUS Opportunities & Incentives

In this session attendees will get a detailed overview from the Department of Energy (DOE), including the latest on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL) opportunities and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives that will support the deployment of CCUS technologies.

Noah Deich, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy 

10:00 -10:15 a.m. :: Morning Break

10:15 – 11:30 a.m. :: Federal Section 45Q Tax Credits

The Inflation Reduction Act provides tax incentives for carbon capture including increased credits for geologic sequestration, new credits for direct air capture and a lower threshold for project eligibility. It also moves back the construction date start for qualifying CCUS projects. This session will detail how the latest round of federal incentives can help make CCUS technology and project development economically viable.

• Improved 45Q Tax Credits in the IRA
• State Primacy changes for permitting CO₂
• Improved 3^rd party business models and long-term liability

Dr. Richard Esposito, R&D Program Manager, Geosciences & Carbon Management, Southern Company

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. :: Lunch Break

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. :: Creating a Circular Carbon Economy

Industries, government agencies and consumers are looking for sustainable solutions and ways to create a circular carbon economy. The urgency of the climate crisis has put us on the edge of a new industrial era where waste carbon will be the feedstock and clean electricity the energy source to produce materials that are currently made from fossil fuels, harnessing the basis of the climate crisis as a critical climate solution. In this session, attendees will get an overview of new technologies to convert industrial gases to sustainable fuels and chemicals.

Tom Dower, VP Public Policy, LanzaTech

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. :: Afternoon Break

1:45 -3:30 p.m. :: Case Study: Secure Storage

This session will provide a complete look at subsurface site attributes for secure storage.  There are several lessons we have learned from extensive site disposal experience associated with water disposal from the thousands of horizontal wells in the Permian Basin and SW U.S.  These lessons are directly related to large volume storage of CO₂.

Steve Melzer, Founder, Melzer Consulting; Former President, Applied Petroleum Technology Academy

3:30 – 4:15 p.m. :: Regulatory and Permitting Updates

• The permitting of a CCUS project is complex and may require a combination of federal, state, and local permits or authorizations. This discussion will include an overview of permitting needs along with a deeper dive into storage regulations: Advancements in legal access to pore space for CO₂ storage with private, federal, and state ownership interests
• Development of offshore CO₂ storage regulations

Marcella Burke, Environmental Law Attorney; Board Member, Energy ESG Council

4:15 – 5:00 p.m. :: The Case for CCUS Hubs and Clusters

Hubs and clusters significantly reduce the unit cost of CO2 storage through economies of scale in transport and storage infrastructure, while also offering stakeholder engagement and commercial synergies to underpin investment and support. This session will walk through a case study calculating the economic benefits of a hub in the Gulf Coast

Valeria Di Filippo, CCUS Advisor, Baker Hughes

 

Thursday, May 18, 2023 : Central Time

 

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. :: CO₂ Capture, Transportation and Storage

This discussion will highlight the most promising technologies for carbon capture, transportation, utilization, and storage across the value chain, including:  

• Point-source, Carbon Capture & Sequestration
• CO₂ Dehydration and Compression
• CO₂ Pipeline and Storage
• CO₂ utilization technologies

Algert Prifti, CCUS Solutions Portfolio Manager, Black & Veatch

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. :: Morning Break

10:15 – 11:00 a.m. :: CCUS and Clean Hydrogen 

One of the major sources of clean hydrogen will be natural gas using steam or auto thermal reforming which requires effective carbon capture and sequestration to qualify as clean. This makes clean hydrogen a driver of CCUS and sets up the opportunity for synergistic clean hydrogen hubs and CCUS hubs. This session will include an overview of planned hub projects.

Mike Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer, Bakken Energy

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. :: Turning Carbon into Value

After multiple decades of demonstrating the scaling CCUS technology multiple forces are now combining to make large scale investment in CCUS commercially viable. Yet as CCUS emerges as a new asset investment class there are significant questions about what business models will be viable and how companies can play in this space. This session will focus on how the business opportunity for CCUS is developing and what will shape the commercial landscape going forward.

Joseph Thom, Director, Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance, Wells Fargo

12:00 p.m. :: Summit Adjourns

• Marcella Burke, Environmental Law Attorney; Board Member, Energy ESG Council

• Noah Deich, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy 

• Tom Dower, VP Public Policy, LanzaTech

• Dr. Richard Esposito, R&D Program Manager, Geosciences & Carbon Management, Southern Company

• Valeria Di Filippo, CCUS Advisor, Baker Hughes

• Mike Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer, Bakken Energy – CCUS and Clean Hydrogen 

• Steve Melzer, Founder, Melzer Consulting; Former President, Applied Petroleum Technology Academy

• Algert Prifti, CCUS Solutions Portfolio Manager, Black & Veatch

• Joseph Thom, Director, Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance, Wells Fargo

For speaking opportunities please contact:

Madison Osberger-Low
Associate Conference Director

[email protected]

For sponsorship opportunities please contact:

Jeffrey Shapiro
Business Development Director

[email protected]

We will be using Microsoft Teams to facilitate your participation in the upcoming event. You do not need to have an existing Teams account in order to participate in the broadcast – the course will play in your browser and you will have the option of using a microphone to speak with the room and ask questions, or type any questions in via the chat window and our on-site representative will relay your question to the instructor.

• IMPORTANT NOTE: After November 30 you will not be able to join a Teams meeting using Internet Explorer 11. Microsoft recommends downloading and installing the Teams app if possible. You may also use the Edge browser or Chrome.
• You will receive a meeting invitation will include a link to join the meeting.
• Separate meeting invitations will be sent for the morning and afternoon sessions of the course.
  • You will need to join the appropriate meeting at the appropriate time.
• If you are using a microphone, please ensure that it is muted until such time as you need to ask a question.
• The remote meeting connection will be open approximately 30 minutes before the start of the course. We encourage you to connect as early as possible in case you experience any unforeseen problems.

Please Note: Confirmed speakers do not need to register and are encouraged to participate in all sessions of the event. If you are a speaker and have any questions please contact our offices at 1.303.770.8800

Please Note: This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer, one connection per purchase. For details please see our FAQ

If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all registrants for three business days after the event

REGISTER NOW FOR THIS EVENT:

Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage Summit

May 17-18, 2023 | Online

Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours in advance of the event. Cancellations must be received on or before April 14, 2023 in order to be refunded and will be subject to a US $195.00 processing fee per registrant. No refunds will be made after this date. Cancellations received after this date will create a credit of the tuition (less processing fee) good toward any other EUCI event. This credit will be good for six months from the cancellation date. In the event of non-attendance, all registration fees will be forfeited. In case of conference cancellation, EUCIs liability is limited to refund of the event registration fee only. For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaints and refunds, please contact our offices at 303-770-8800

Credits

EUCI is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 1.0 CEUs for this event

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must log in each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the conference to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Case Studies, Panel Discussions and PowerPoint presentations will be used in the program.

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Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 11.0
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

EUCI is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org

 

Who Should Attend

• Power generation professionals
• Carbon management research professionals and academics
• Manufacturing and industrial process executives
• Government representatives, regulatory and policymakers
• Technology innovators and equipment vendors
• Researchers and university professionals
• Petroleum engineers
• Project managers and consultants
• Financial and investment industry professionals