CCS Overview, Carbon Capture and Pipeline Transportation

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies have tremendous potential for reducing CO₂ emissions and mitigating global climate change. These technologies encourage economic growth and have manageable influence on energy use. Deploying these technologies on a commercial-scale will require expanding the workforce trained in CCS specialties.

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory, is partnering with the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) and others, from both industry and academia, to develop the Southeast Regional CO2 Sequestration Training Program (SECARB-Ed) for the southern United States. Funding to develop the CCS training modules is being provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The objective of this half-day CCS Training Workshop is to transfer knowledge that will enable engineering professionals to implement and deploy CCS projects. Specific CCS project areas to be addressed are site development, operations, and monitoring. The workshop will address the entire value chain of CCS from capture and separation, through CO2 compression and transportation, to injection well design and operation, and monitoring, verification & accounting (MVA) techniques.

Dr. Gerald Hill, Senior Technical Advisor to the Southern States Energy Board, will chair a panel of qualified instructors. The content of this workshop qualifies for Professional Development Hours.