Dr. Gary Teletzke seminar

Dr. Gary Teletzke seminar

Seminar title: "Carbon Dioxide Capture and Geologic Storage – Current Status and a Roadmap to At-Scale Deployment"

Abstract:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have issued recent reports suggesting that deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) can significantly reduce the cost of achieving CO2 emission reduction targets.  However, several questions remain: Under what circumstances will at-scale deployment take place? Where and when will this occur? How large a role will CCUS play in stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of CO2?

CCUS involves the capture (separation and purification) of CO2 from stationary emission sources so it can be compressed and transported to a suitable location where it is converted into useable product or injected deep underground for safe, secure, and permanent storage. My presentation will focus on CO2 capture and storage in subsurface geologic formations.

I will begin by providing an overview of CO2 capture technologies and geologic storage options, concentrating on challenges, lessons learned, implications for at-scale deployment. I will then review the current status of industrial-scale carbon capture and geologic storage activity. Current CCUS capacity represents less than 1% of the CO2 emissions from stationary sources. However, policy, regulatory, and legal frameworks are evolving rapidly to enable larger scale deployment. I will finish by providing an overview of a 2019 National Petroleum Council study that lays out a pathway through three phases of deployment – activation, expansion, and at-scale – that supports the growth of CCUS in the U.S. over the next 25 years, and details recommendations that enable each phase.

Bio:
Gary Teletzke retired in 2021 from ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company as Senior Technical Advisor for Enhanced Oil Recovery and Geologic Carbon Storage. During his 38 year career in ExxonMobil he led research projects related to gas injection EOR, chemical EOR, compositional reservoir simulation, and research opportunity identification. He also led several EOR field studies, integrating laboratory work, reservoir simulation, and field pilot testing. Over the past 15 years, he has provided technical leadership to ExxonMobil’s efforts on geologic carbon storage. He has published more than 40 technical papers and patents. He is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and currently serves as Executive Editor of the SPE Journal, He previously served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer during and 2018-19, Executive Editor of SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering from 2014-2017, and on the organizing committees for numerous SPE conferences. He received a BS in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and PhD in chemical engineering from University of Minnesota.

Start date
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, 1:25 p.m.
End date
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
Location

B75 Amundson Hall

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