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CAMBRENSIS SEMINAR – ‘UPDATE ON CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE’

Thursday 1 December 2p.m. – 4p.m. Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4

Carbon Capture and Storage is now the subject of intense interest and research. Some see it as a means to prolong the life of fossil fuel assets and reserves without the CO2 emissions that would otherwise accompany their use. It may be a means to promote Enhanced Oil Recovery in partly used oil fields. It may be the answer to the huge development of coal fired power stations in emerging economies such as China and India.

 The UK government wants to promote demonstration projects under its Carbon Abatement Technologies Programme. The USA is undertaking a massive programme to demonstrate its use under the FutureGen project. Norwegian companies are already placing 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year in the deep geological formations of the North Sea. Does the geology justify this confidence in CCS? What are the legal obstacles to the further use of this technology?

 Following on from our seminars this summer ‘Does the UK have an Energy Policy?’ and ‘Energy and the Environment in China, India and Brazil’ , Cambrensis Ltd - www.cambrensis.org - is to hold a short seminar as an ‘Update on Carbon Capture and Storage’ at the Middle Temple Hall, London EC4 on Thursday 1 December 2005, 2-4 p.m.

 At this event we expect to review some of the major recent new developments in Carbon Capture and Storage, including –

• Publication in October 2005 of the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Capture and Storage
• Formation of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association by BP, E.ON, Progressive Energy, Air Products, AMEC, ConocoPhillips, Mitsui Babcock, Shell, Scottish and Southern Energy and Schlumberger Oilfield UK
• Publication by Scottish Enterprise of its CCS Market Opportunities Report 2005
• The announcement by BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell and Scottish and Southern Energy of engineering design plans for the world’s first industrial scale project to generate electricity from hydrogen, with CO2 capture and storage
• UK government announcements in support of CCS, and its Carbon Abatement Technologies Programme

 Cambrensis Ltd held its first seminar on Carbon Sequestration in December 2003. Dr Jeff Chapman of Trade Partners UK spoke on the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, and William Wilson, Director Cambrensis and an environmental lawyer, gave an introduction to the legal issues on carbon sequestration, and has since been one of the 200 Expert Reviewers of the IPCC Special Report.

For attending this seminar there will be a charge of £23.50 (including £3.50 VAT). For all inquiries about attending please contact us

 

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