2017 CO 2 for EOR as CCUS Conference (Green text in program: Confirmed presentation)

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1 2017 CO 2 for EOR as CCUS Conference (Green text in program: Confirmed presentation) Collaborative Conference on CO2 EOR between Universities in Texas and Norway, Oil Industry in Texas & Norway, Governmental Entities & CO2 EOR Stakeholders Provided by: Petroleum Research School of Norway (NFiP), NorTex Petroleum Cluster and cohosted by Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Houston. Venue: Rice University, BRC-Auditorium, 6500 Main St., Houston, TX, USA Time: Wednesday Oct. 4 th - Friday Oct.6 th, 2017 Initiative by: Petroleum Research School of Norway (NFiP; and NorTex Petroleum Cluster ( sponsored by Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, International Energy Agency (IEA), US DOE and Norwegian Research Council (NRC). Conference Objectives: 1. Accelerate CO2 Research Collaboration between Norway and Texas 2. Provide opportunity for experts in industry and academia to collectively discuss CO2 research 3. Provide Post docs and PhD students with current research status and the way forward 4. Provide oil industry an opportunity to communicate needs to the next generation engineers 5. Emphasize CO2 as mean to mitigate negative climate effects in oil production Preliminary Program: Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: CO2 for EOR with CO2 Storage in Conventional Reservoirs - Reception at the Residence of Norway s Consul General in Houston Part 2: Field Experience, Case Studies and the Way Forward - Conference Dinner at Hilton Medical Center PhD presentations Tour of Rice University and EOR Laboratories

2 Day 1: Wednesday Oct. 4 th CO2 for EOR with CO2 Storage in Conventional Reservoirs 08:30 Registration and Coffee 09:00 Opening Address Norway's Consul General in Houston, Morten Paulsen Symposium Objectives Arne Graue, Prof. of Physics, Univ. of Bergen, Norway; Chair of the Boards: Petroleum Research School of Norway and NorTex Petroleum Cluster 09:15 Global Importance of CCUS Charles D. McConnell, Executive Director, Energy and Environment Initiative (E2I), Rice University and former Ass. Secr. for Fossil Energy U.S. Department of Energy 09:35 International Energy Agency Gas & Oil Technology Network Initiative (IEA/GOT) Jostein Dahl Karlsen, Norway s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (TBC) 09:55 CO 2 for EOR Historical Perspectives and Current State of the Art Technology Status, U. of Texas at Austin (TBC) 10:15 Global Opportunities for Oil and Gas within CCUS Vello Kuuskraa, Advanced Resources International (TBC) 10:35 Coffee 11:00 CCUS status in Washington Mike Moore, Executive Director for North America Carbon Capture & Storage Association (NACCSA) 11:20 Balancing the Rising Distress in the CO 2 EOR Industry with CCUS and EOR in Horizontally Depressured Reservoirs Steve Melzer, Melzer Consulting 11:40 Deployment of CO2 technology for EOR Where are the incentives? Brad Crabtree, Co-Director, National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative (TBC) 12:00 Lunch

3 13:00 CO2 EOR Technological Challenges Ganesh C. Thakur, Director of Energy Industrial Partnerships & Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering U. of Houston, 2012 SPE President & Former VP Chevron (TBC) 13:20 CO2 Flooding ROZs in the Permian Basin Robert Trentham, Director CEED, Sen. Lecturer University of Texas of the Permian Basin (TBC) 13:40 Economics of CO2 EOR 14:00 CO 2 Storage on NCS Eva Halland, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (TBC) 14:20 CO 2 Storage, Monitoring, Verification and Accounting Susan Hovorka, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin 14:40 Gas trapping and foam flow in fractures Tony Kovscek, Prof., Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University. (TBC) 15:00 Coffee 15:30 CO2 Foam: Physics from Pore Level to Field Scale 15:50 Surfactants for CO 2 Foam EOR Keith Johnston, Prof. of Chem. Eng., University of Texas at Austin (TBC) 16:10 Laboratory investigations for CO 2 Foam EOR George Hirasaki, Prof., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Dept., Rice University (TBC) 19:00 Reception and Buffet Dinner at the Residence of Norway's Consul General in Houston

4 Day 2: Thursday Oct. 5 th Part 2: Field Experience, Case Studies and the Way Forward 08:30 Registration and Coffee 09:00 CO 2 as CCUS in Unconventional Resources Gary Pope, Prof. Petr. Eng., University of Texas at Austin (TBC) 09:30 CO 2 applications in Hydraulic Fracturing, Schlumberger 10:00 Simulation and Experimental Investigation of CO 2 Injection in Conventional and Unconventional Liquid Reservoirs David Schechter, Assoc. Prof. Dept. of Petr. Eng., Texas A&M University (TBC) 10:30 CO 2 possibilities in Shale Plays 11:00 CO 2 for Methane Production from Hydrate Reservoirs Geir Ersland, Assoc. Prof. Dept. of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen (TBC) 11:30 Lunch

5 Part 2: Field Experience, Case Studies and the Way Forward 12:30 4D Seismic Imaging of CO 2 Movements in Oil Reservoirs Robert Balch, PRRC, NMT 13:00 CO 2 Mobility Control and Injection Experience in Field Operations Edward dezabala, Occidental Oil & Gas Corp. (TBC) 13:30 HC Gas or CO2 Gas Injection in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs Advantages and Disadvantages Matt Honarpour, BHPBilliton 14:00 CO 2 EOR Roadmap for progress Raul Valdez, Kinder Morgan (TBC) 14:30 CO 2 EOR Field Experiences, Denbury (TBC) 15:00 Coffee 15:30 Water Conformance and Mobility Control in CO2 EOR Pacelli Zitha, TU, Delft (TBC) 16:00 CO 2 Availability and Distribution, Kinder Morgan 16:30 Panel Debate: USA and the World on CCUS Economy or Climate as Drivers? Moderator: Arne Graue, Prof. of Physics, Univ. of Bergen, Norway; Chair of the Board: Petroleum Research School of Norway and NorTex Petroleum Cluster Day 3: Friday Oct. 6th PhD presentations 09:00 CO 2 Mobility Control in Carbonate Cores, Michael Guoqing Jian, Rice University 09:30 Preparing CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilot in Texas, Zachary Alcorn, 10:00 Foam in micro-models, PhD#3, Rice University 10:30 Simulating CO2 EOR in Heterogeneous Reservoirs, Mohan Sharma, University of Stavanger 11:00 PhD#5 11:30 PhD#6 12:00 Lunch 13:00 15:00 Tour of Rice University and EOR Laboratories