Natural Resources Canada — IEA WPFF - MOST CCUS Workshop: Joint Activities and Opportunities (September 2011)
12 slides from Natural Resources Canada's conference presentation, Sep 18, 2011
Slide 1: Large-Scale CCS Demonstration Projects in Canada
“Carbon capture and sequestration technology holds enormous potential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we use our own energy resources to power our economy.” Prime Minister Stephen Harper, February 19, 2009 Large-Scale CCS Demonstration Projects in Canada IEA WPFF - MOST CCUS Workshop: Join
Slide 2: Energy – Important to Canada's economic prosperity
Energy – Important to Canada’s economic prosperity Energy means more to Canada than any other industrialized Energy as a Percentage of Canadian Total (2009) country 25% 23.4% Only OECD country with sustained 20.6% oil production growth 20% Stable and secure energy supplier Major consumer 15%
Slide 3: Opportunities for CCS in Canada
Opportunities for CCS in Canada Many large point sources are located Sinks Sources near potential storage sites Deep Saline Formation Storage projects Source: Environment Canada 2005 Enhanced Oil Recovery using CO2 Experience Acid gas operations Deep Saline Formation Storage projects Gas pipeline CO
Slide 4: Canada's Investments in Demonstration Projects
Canada’s Investments in Demonstration Projects $3 billion in public funding, $7 billion total investment Shell - Quest Spectra - Fort Nelson Project: Oil sands Project: Natural gas processing Capacity: 1 Mt/yr Capacity: 2 Mt/yr Public $: $120M fed + $745M prov Public $: $7.4M fed + $3.4M prov TransA
Slide 5: SaskPower's Boundary Dam coal-fired power plant
SaskPower’s Boundary Dam coal-fired power plant SaskPower announced its final investment decision to move forward with the CCS components of the project in April 2011 110 MW demonstration Re-build of existing unit: boiler and turbine upgrades, integration of FGD and CO2 capture Capture 1 mil
Slide 6: BD3 Turbine Capture unit construction
SaskPower Boundary Dam BD 3 Turbine BD 3 Capture unit construction Capture unit
Slide 7: Shell's Scotford Oil Sands Upgrader
Shell’s Scotford Oil Sands Upgrader Joint venture between Shell Canada (60%), Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Marathon Oil Sands L.P. (20%) Capture from steam methane units which produce hydrogen for bitumen to synthetic crude oil Capture and store 1 million tonnes annually, starting in 2015
Slide 8: Enhance Energy Alberta Carbon Trunk Line
Enhance Energy Alberta Carbon Trunk Line 240 kilometre CO2 pipeline Objectives: Develop and build the first leg of a CO2 gathering and transmission infrastructure in Alberta; Provide opportunities for recovery of incremental oil reserves not accessible with current secondary enhanced recover
Slide 9: IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Verification Project
IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Verification Project Commercial EOR project with a field research program for CO2 monitoring and storage The first phase of research, launched in 2000 and completed in 2004, determined that the oil field was a suitable, stable geological formation for lon
Slide 10: Sharing Learnings from Large-Scale Demonstrations
Sharing Learnings from Large-Scale Demonstrations In order to ensure the rapid deployment of CCS, Canada is engaging in knowledge-sharing activities both domestically and internationally. Canada is working to develop a knowledge-sharing framework in order to collect and disseminate learnings fro
Slide 11: Addressing Legal and Regulatory Issues
Addressing Legal and Regulatory Issues Federal Government On August 27, 2011, the Government of Canada published draft GHG regulations for coal-fired electricity generation in Canada Gazette Part 1, commencing a 60-day comment period. Starting on July 1, 2015, all new coal-fired unit and units rea
Slide 12: Summary
Summary The energy sector is a critical component of the Canadian economy CCS is one component of Canada’s approach to reducing GHG emissions. Canada supports R&D, demonstration, regulatory development and public engagement in CCS We are working with provinces and industry to make CCS techni