The 3rd CarbonUT Annual Meeting

The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Energi Simulation IAP on Carbon Utilization and Storage convened at The University of Texas at Austin from May 23-24, 2024. The meeting was led by Energi Simulation Research Chair and Principal Investigator, Dr. Ryosuke Okuno. During the 2-day event, 13 technical presentations were showcased by his research team together with presentations from 4 external speakers.

Diverse topics presented include experimental and numerical modelling studies of nanobubble or formate/CO2 for EOR/CCS, CO2 mineralization, CO2/water wettability alteration, Ketone EOR, CO2 capture as bicarbonate, Formate production from bicarbonate electrolysis and organic carbonates for capturing CO2. A total of 41 researchers and sponsors, as well as 15 virtual participants engaged in stimulating technical discussions throughout the event.

Representatives in attendance from Sponsors and Industrial Companies includes: Energi Simulation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd., JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Co., Occidental Petroleum, INPEX, Nissan Chemical Corporation, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., RenewCO2, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Ultimate EOR Services, LLC, CNPC USA, Petrobras, Sinopec Tech Houston LLC, ETS Energy Company, Ltd., Aramco Americas, University of Alberta, Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd., Formosa Petrochemical Co..

Presented topics:

1. Overview (Speaker: Ryosuke Okuno)
2. CO2 nanobubble for EOR – conventional and tight formations (Speakers: Tesleem Lawal, Hao Wang)
3. Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 in Sodium Formate Solution for Enhanced CO2 Mineralization Using Basalt Rocks (Speaker: Hao Wang)
4. EOR experiments with aquesous solutions of formate species (Speaker: Hao Wang)
5. Chemical and phase equilibria for formate/CO2 EOR and CCS (Speaker: Oluwafemi P. Oyenowo)
6. Techno-economic-environmental Study of CO2 and Aqueous Formate Solution Injection for Geologic Carbon Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery (Speaker: Abouzar Mirzaei Paiaman)
7. Wettability in Rock-brine-CO2 Systems for Geologic Carbon Sequestration (Speaker: Abouzar Mirzaei Paiaman)
8. CO2/water wettability study with sandstone cores (Speaker: Tao Wang)
9. Ketone EOR in high-salinity high-temperature carbonate formations (Speakers: Tesleem Lawal, Daniel Fuentes Ibarra)
10. Ketone EOR in tight formations (Speaker: Sunghyun Ko)
11. Hydrogen hype and the role of carbon capture (Speaker: Michael Lewis, Center for Electromechanics)
12. CO2 capture as bicarbonate as a novel pathway in carbon management (Speakers: Abdulmuiz Adekomi, Omar A. Carrasco Jaim)
13. Electrochemically driven bicarbonate separation and conversion (Speaker: Omar A. Carrasco Jaim)
14. CCS in a basaltic/clastic saline aquifer and enhanced mineralization by formate (Speakers: Marcos Machado from Petrobras, Oluwafemi P. Oyenowo)
15. Proposal: Organic carbonates as CO2 sorbents for CCS (Speakers: Hassan Amer, Omar A. Carrasco Jaim)
16. Chair presentation on goals for next 12 months (Speaker: Ryosuke Okuno)
17. LANL Carbon transport and storage R&D activities to support commercial CCS deployment (Speaker: Martin Ma from Los Alamos National Laboratory)
18. Novel reaction pathway for efficient CO2 reduction for formate-based CCS (Speaker: Peter Shepard from RenewCO2)