Carbon Capture and Storage:
The Subsea Solution to Climate Change?

27 January 2010 North of England Evening Meeting

Chairman Ian Frazer, Development Director, Noble Denton
Sponsored by GL, Noble Denton, Newcastle University, One North East,

Subsea NE and Newcastle College

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Presentations

Understanding the Role of Carbon Capture and Storage in Climate Change

Dr Julia Race, Lecturer in Pipeline Engineering, School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is recognised as having a significant role to play in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and tackling climate change. The UK is in the advantageous position of having natural sinks for COw2 available offshore in the North and Irish Seas, which can be used either for EOR or storage, and therefore the implementation of CCS in the UK will pose new challenges for the subsea industry. This talk provided an introduction to CCS and, in particular, highlight the issues relating to the subsea transportation and storage of carbon dioxide.

Full Scale Testing for Carbon Capture and Storage

Keith Armstrong, Chief Engineer, GL Industrial Services, Spadeadam

GL Spadeadam had early involvement in CO2 dispersion measurements in 2007 for one of the oil majors and have subsequently been working with a number of clients to continue to investigate some of the issues related to the transmission and stroage of CO2, as well as its continuing use in enhanced oil recovery projects. Keith outlined the development of the Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services (UK offering and built on the CCS knowledge gaps discussed in one of the other presentations, explaining the part that large-scale testing can play in better understanding the key issues.