WESTCARB Annual Meeting; Phoenix,
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WESTCARB 2006 Annual Meeting |
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Wednesday, November 8, 2006 |
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| SESSION I: Overview | |
| Session I Chair: Kelly Birkinshaw | Manager, Energy-Related Environmental Research, PIER Program, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Deputy Executive Director |
| SRP's Commitment to WESTCARB and Carbon Sequestration in the West | Kevin Wanttaja, Manager, Environmental Services Department, Salt River Project |
| Getting Down to Business: WESTCARB Executive Director’s Overview | Martha Krebs, Deputy Director for Research & Development, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Executive Director |
| Summary of DOE Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships | Dawn Deel, Project Manager, Environmental Projects Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| WESTCARB Phase I Results and Phase II Accomplishments to Date | Larry Myer, California Energy Commission and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; WESTCARB Technical Director |
| SESSION II: Geologic Characterization Updates | |
| Session II Chair: Larry Myer | California Energy Commission / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, WESTCARB Technical Director and Task Lead for Geologic Characterization |
| Geologic Characterization of the Starkey and Winters Formations (Sacramento Basin, CA) | Cameron Downey, Engineering Geologist, California Geological Survey |
| Preliminary Static Geo-Model of a 10-km Radius Surrounding Kimberlina, CA (San Joaquin Valley) | Julio Friedmann, Carbon Management Program, Energy & Environmental Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, et al. |
| Centralia (Washington) Deep Coal Seam CO2 Sequestration Evaluation | Scott Stevens, Vice President, Advanced Resources International, et al. |
| Alaska Scoping CO2 Sequestration Evaluation | Scott Stevens, Vice President, Advanced Resources International, et al. |
| Communication of WESTCARB Research Using GIS-Based Web Tools | Barry Biediger, Internet Mapping—Custom Application Development, Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center; Mary Jane Coombs, Research Coordinator, California Institute for Energy & Environment |
| SESSION III: Geologic Pilot Projects | |
| Session III Chair: Sally Benson | Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, WESTCARB Task Lead for Geologic Pilot Projects |
| Panel 1: Rosetta Resources (California) Saline Formation and Gas Reservoir CO2 Injection Pilots | |
Rob Trautz and Curt Oldenburg, Staff Scientists, and Sally Benson, Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, |
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| Rosetta Resources CO2 Storage Project | Rob Trautz, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, et al. |
| CO2 Storage in Natural Gas Reservoirs: Significance of the Rosetta Resources Pilot | Curt Oldenburg, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Panel 2: Northern Arizona Saline Formation CO2 Injection Pilot | |
John Keane, Executive Environmental Policy Analyst, Salt River Project; Dick Rhudy, Manager, Environmental Projects, Electric Power Research Institute; Dennis Shirley, Operations Manager—Scottsdale, Errol Montgomery & Associates; Sally Benson, Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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| Regional Geological and Hydrological Characterization for Northern Arizona | Dennis Shirley, Operations Manager — Scottsdale, Errol Montgomery & Associates |
| Phase II Northern Arizona Saline Formation CO2 Storage Pilot Test Overview | Sally Benson, Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| SESSION IV: State and Regional Policy Initiatives for CO2 Emissions Reduction | |
| Session IV Chair: Kelly Birkinshaw | Manager, Energy-Related Environmental Research, PIER Program, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Deputy Executive Director |
| Arizona Climate Change Action Plan | Ira Domsky, Deputy Director of Air Quality Division, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality |
| California Policy and Research Initiatives | Martha Krebs, Deputy Director for Research & Development, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Executive Director |
| The Western Governors’ Association: Clean Energy and Climate Change Initiatives | Karen Deike, Director of Communications, Western Governors’ Association |
| SESSION V: Matching CO2 Sources and Sinks for Regional Planning Support | |
| Session V Chair: Dick Rhudy | Manager, Environmental Projects, Electric Power Research Institute; WESTCARB Task Lead for CO2 Capture Characterization |
| A GIS-Based Model for CO2 Pipeline Transport and Source-Sink Matching Optimization | Howard Herzog, Principal Research Engineer, MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (presented by Dick Rhudy, EPRI) |
Thursday, November 9, 2006 |
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| SESSION VI: Terrestrial Pilot Project Panel Discussions | |
| Session VI Chair: John Kadyszewski | Coordinator, Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; WESTCARB Task Lead for Terrestrial Pilots and Characterization |
| Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Characterization and Pilot Projects Overview | John Kadyszewski, Coordinator, Ecosystem Services, Winrock International |
| Panel 1: Forest Fuel Reduction for Improved Fire Management and Biomass Energy Production | |
Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; Jim Walls, Executive Director, Lake County Resources Initiative; Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District; Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection |
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| Developing a Methodology for Quantifying GHG Benefits from Improved Fuel Management | Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International |
| Hazardous Fuel Reduction on Federal and Private Lands and Prospects for a Biomass Power Plant | Jim Walls, Executive Director, Lake County Resources Initiative |
| Hazardous Fuel Reduction and Biomass Energy Pilot Activities in Shasta County, CA | Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International |
| WSRCD Forest Fuels Reduction Pilot Activities | Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District |
| LaTour Carbon Sequestration Demonstration: Fuels Reduction | Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection; Doug Wickizer, Staff Chief, Forest Management |
| Panel 2: Afforestation and Forest Management (Shasta County) | |
Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District; Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, John Nickerson, Conservation Forester, Pacific Forest Trust |
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| Afforestation Pilot Activities in Shasta County, CA | Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International |
| WSRCD Afforestation Pilot Activities | Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District |
| LaTour Carbon Sequestration Demonstration: Afforestation | Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection; Doug Wickizer, Staff Chief, Forest Management |
| Emission Reductions Through Conservation-Based Forest Management | John Nickerson, Conservation Forester, Pacific Forest Trust |
| SESSION VII: Next Steps to Carbon Sequestration Commercialization | |
| Session VII Chair: Terry Surles Introductory Remarks |
Researcher, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii; California Institute for Energy & Environment |
| Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Phase III | Dawn Deel, Project Manager, Environmental Projects Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Carson (California) Hydrogen Power (including CO2 capture for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration) | Michael Cox, CO2 Transportation and Sequestration Manager, BP Alternative Energy |
| Are There Opportunities for a Combined Terrestrial (Biomass Power) and Geologic Sequestration Project? | John Kadyszewski, Coordinator, Ecosystem Services, Winrock International |
| SESSION VIII: Connecting with CO2 Emission Credit Markets | |
| Session VIII Chair: Jim Cathcart | Forest Resource Trust Manager, Oregon Department of Forestry; WESTCARB Manager for Carbon Credit Market Validation |
| Perspectives of a Terrestrial Sequestration “Offset Project” Funder | Mike Burnett, Executive Director, The Climate Trust (Oregon) |
| Climate Projects and Protocols | Robyn Camp, Program Director, California Climate Action Registry |
| SESSION IX: Public Outreach | |
| Session IX Chair: Sally Benson | Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; WESTCARB Chair of Public Outreach Committee |
| WESTCARB Public Outreach Lessons to Date | Rich Myhre, Vice President, Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc. (with remarks by Sally Benson and Rob Trautz, LBNL, on the Rosetta pilot public meetings) |