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Bureau of Economic Geology Jackson School of Geosciences The University of Texas at Austin

Texas FutureGen: A win for the region. Ian Duncan. Bureau of Economic Geology Jackson School of Geosciences The University of Texas at Austin. 1. 0. 0. 8. 0. 6. 0. Percentage of total market. H/C<1 (Wood, Coal). 4. 0. H/C~2 (Oil). 2. 0. H/C>4 (Natural Gas, Hydrogen,

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Bureau of Economic Geology Jackson School of Geosciences The University of Texas at Austin

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  1. Texas FutureGen: A win for the region Ian Duncan Bureau of Economic GeologyJackson School of GeosciencesThe University of Texas at Austin

  2. 1 0 0 8 0 6 0 Percentage of total market H/C<1 (Wood, Coal) 4 0 H/C~2 (Oil) 2 0 H/C>4 (Natural Gas, Hydrogen, Nuclear, Sustainables) 0 QAc9841c 1850 1900 1950 2000 Year Global Consumption Trends U.S. Data: Annual Energy Review 1999 (EIA, 2000) World Data: International Energy Annual 1999 (EIA, 2000)

  3. High oil prices and National Security will drive gasification of coal and production of synthetic diesel for DOD Environmental NGO’s driving power companies to decarbonize fuel…. CO2 sequestration Relatively cheap CO2 available for EOR THE US IS THE SAUDI ARABIA OF COALWhat are the Implications for the Oil Industry

  4. FutureGenPreliminary Federal Requirements • Design, construct, operate a 275-megawatt plant to produce electricity, hydrogen, and > one million metric tons per year of CO2 with near-zero emissions. • Establish capability to sequester at least 90 percent of plant’s CO2 emissions. • Demonstrate fuel flexibility (coal, lignite etc) • Prove the effectiveness, safety, and permanence of CO2 sequestration. • Establish standardized protocols for CO2 measuring, monitoring, and verification.

  5. FutureGenCommercial Details • $1 billion DOE award • $750 million from DOE • $250 million from a private consortium • Initial RFP expected early 2006 • 30 day review and comment period • 120 day proposal preparation period • 120 day proposal evaluation period • Award of the project is expected late summer of 2006 • This is subject to change…..

  6. Combustion Turbine Steam Syngas Electricity Oxygen SteamTurbine Steam Hydrogen H Shift Reactor CO2 CO2 Particulate Removal Coal Petroleum Coke Refinery Co-products Gasifier Sulfur Sulfur Slag/Soot Solids and Co-products Modified from Eastman Chemical FutureGen IGCC w/ CO2 Capture

  7. FutureGen Texas - Overview • Early leadership by Commissioner Michael Williams and the Clean Coal Council and Foundation • Commissioner Williams created FGT team and asked the Bureau of Economic Geology to lead • Legislative action in 2005 session and support from state leadership • State wide selection process, level playing field • Broad stakeholder involvement and community buy-in

  8. FutureGen Texas – The Texas Advantage • Texas holds great cards: • excellent geology for sequestration success, • largest coal user in country, • largest hydrogen market, • largest producer of methanol and ammonia, • most extensive hydrogen pipeline, • most experience in CO2 pipelines, • largest CO2 sequestration and EOR potential

  9. Honorable Rick Perry Governor of Texas Texas FutureGen Advisory Board Honorable Michael Williams Chair BEG Strategic Coordination – Scott W. Tinker Operations Site Selection Legal Relations Proposal Response • CO2 • Permitting • EOR • IGCC • Fuels • Transport • Federal • State • Public

  10. CO2 Brine Storage Subsurface Thickness Data Source BEG

  11. CO2-EOR Qualified Reservoirs Data Sources BEG RRC

  12. EOR Candidates Data Source BEG

  13. Coal Resources Half of the nation’s reserves are in low btu coal, lignite and pet coke Data Sources BEG RRC USGS

  14. Transmission Line Density Transmission Line Density Refineries Refineries Coal-fired Powerplant More dense More dense Less dense Less dense Additional Parameters • Refineries: Oil and Gas Journal, Dec. 23, 2002 issue • Non-attainment areas: TCEQ • Transmission line density: ERCOT and CEE • Pipelines: Texas Railroad Commission digital database • Summer Load, peak 2005: ERCOT and CEE • Railroads, Power plants: TXDOT digital database, Public Utility Commission of Texas • Lignite belt: Kaiser, W. R., Ayers, W. B., Jr., and La Brie, L. W., 1980, Lignite resources in Texas: BEG RI 104, 52 p. • Lignite mines: Texas Railroad Commission, digital data base • Fort Worth Sub-bituminous Basin: USGS digital data base

  15. Preliminary Screening

  16. CommercialPropagation 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 m i 0 6 0 0 k m Alberta Mexico

  17. For FutureGen to succeed: • For an impact on a scale that matters • in a time frame that matters — • Requires: • (1) flexible fuels • (2) near-term propagation of FutureGen-like facilities.

  18. Needs • National support for national problem… • Outreach and Public Education • Talented well trained work force • Knowledge of what happens when we scale from 1 Mt to 1 MMt to 1 GT?

  19. Climate change is the driver Governments create incentives and support research Industry implements at commercial scales Science and engineering are vital implementation costs are huge timing is critical missteps are costly Start in regions where impact can be felt the soonest and the most Summary

  20. Thanks!

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