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| WESTCARB 2006
Annual Meeting |
|
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 |
| 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, |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
|
| 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 |
| 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) |
