KGS--ICKan--July 2018 Forum

On July 26, 2018 the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) and the State CO₂ EOR Deployment Workgroup (State Workgroup) hosted its second Carbon Capture and Utilization in Kansas conference. The meeting was held in the Beren Conference Center in the recently opened Earth Energy & Environment Center at the University of Kansas.

Nearly seventy individuals with wide-ranging interests and from different industry sectors participated in the one-day conference, including representatives from CO₂ sources (coal power and ethanol plants), geologic sites (oil and gas industry—four largest oil producers in Kansas and largest CO₂-EOR company in the U.S.), regulatory and public policy, governmental officials and scientists and researchers involved in two U.S. DOE-funded Phase 1 CarbonSAFE projects. Kansas government dignitaries included Andrew Wiens, Chief Policy Office for Governor Colyer, State representatives Tom Sloan and Mark Schreiber, and Commissioner Dwight Keen. On the regulatory and agency side, representatives from EPA Region 7, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Corporation Commission, and the U.S. Department of Energy participated.

Andrew Wiens, Chief Policy Officer for Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer gives welcoming remarks during the morning session. Wiens commented that the first official letter Governor Colyer signed after being sworn in to office was in support of Phase II of the ongoing KGS CO₂ project. Governor Colyer was unable to attend due to a busy campaign season.

Eugene Holubnyak, Kansas Geological Survey and Co-PI, gives an overview of the KGS CarbonSAFE Phase 1 study: Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage in Kansas (ICKan).

Dana Wreath, Vice President at Berexco, LLC. gives his view on strategies and considerations for operators to enter into the CCUS market and reviewed Berexco's CO₂ EOR pilot project. Berexco has been a valuable and long-time partner in KGS CO₂ research.

Greg Thompson, Chief Executive Officer with White Energy, speaks about the recently announced partnership with Occidental Petroleum to expand its investment in CCUS.

Martin Dubois, owner of Improved Hydrocarbon Recovery and Joint-PI for the KGS ICKan study, discusses the economics for various CCUS scenarios for Kansas and the Mid-Continent Region made feasible by the expansion and extension of the 45Q tax credits.

CCUS_Meeting_Summary.pdf, Adobe Acrobat, 65 KB

Four main meeting objectives were accomplished through ten presentations, topical breakout sessions followed by an all-group discussion.

Report on DOE-funded Integrated Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) for Kansas (Phase I) and plans for Phase II.
Discuss regional and national CCUS initiatives, anticipated activities related to 45Q, and the State CO₂-EOR Deployment Work Group.
Identify economic opportunities from an industry perspective in Kansas and the region.
Networking for a collaborative carbon capture and EOR initiative in Kansas and surrounding states.

National and Regional Collaborative Efforts to Develop CCUS Projects, by Brad Crabtree, Great Plains Institute

Economics for CO₂ Capture, Compression, and Transportation in the Mid-Continent, by Martin K. Dubois and Dane McFarlane

Integrated Midcontinent Stacked Carbon Storage Hub, by Andrew Duguid, Battelle

Introduction to Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization, by Eugene Holubnyak, Kansas Geological Survey

Overview of ICKan: Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage for Kansas, by Eugene Holubnyak, Kansas Geological Survey

Known Unknowns: Legal, Regulatory, and Public Policy Issues with CCS and CCUS and Possible Solutions, by Joseph Schremmer, Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer, LC

Carbon Capture & Ethanol, by Greg Thompson, White Energy

Economic Carbon Capture and the Missing Letter in CCUS, by Keith Tracy, Cornerpost CO2, LLC

Berexco KS and NE CO2 EOR Perspective, by Dana Wreath, Berexco, LLC

Agenda

Speaker Biographies

Summary of Discussions