Upon completion of this VILT course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the need for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
• Outline the key steps in the Carbon Capture and Storage process
• Distinguish between reservoir rocks and sealing rocks
• Describe the importance of permeability and porosity to storing carbon dioxide
• Contrast the geological structures and trapping mechanisms for storing carbon dioxide
• Describe the changes in geologically stored carbon dioxide over time
• Outline the monitoring techniques employed to ensure the carbon dioxide is safely stored
• Appreciate the industrial applications of carbon dioxide capture
• Recognize the scale of industry required for transporting and storing carbon dioxide
• Describe economic considerations for CCS/CCUS
• Outline the economic and environmental opportunities and challenges with using carbon dioxide injection in a range of applications
• Explain the challenges of regulatory frameworks and public acceptance in a CCS/CCUS project
• Identify potential risks of a CCS/CCUS project
• Outline the risk assessment and management process

This VILT course is ideally suited for a technical audience – geoscientists, petroleum and chemical engineers – as well as for economists, regulators, legal staff and managers wishing to learn more about the details of both the technical, regulatory and socio-economic aspects of carbon capture and storage. Participants should have:

• Experience with oil and gas, coal or other energy projects
• Basic understanding of the energy industry

• Intermediate

Your first expert course leader spent 18 years in the Petroleum Industry before joining academia, in both technical and managerial roles with Shell, Arco and Vico. He has received numerous awards, including Distinguished Service, Honorary member and Special Commendation awards from the American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) and was AAPG’s International Vice-President and recently chairman of AAPG’s House of Delegates (the Associations Parliamentary body).

He is an SPE Distinguished Lecturer (DL) and has served as DL for several other professional organisations, including, AAPG, IPA and PESA. He is currently a Professor of Petroleum Geology and Engineering at the Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide. He holds the South Australia State Chair in Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and is also presently Distinguished Scientist of the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC), having served earlier as the Storage Program Manager and Chief Scientist.

Your second expert course leader has a wide and deep knowledge of major capture technologies: solvent, membrane and adsorption based technologies and has developed pathways for retrofitting CO₂ capture and storage (CCS) to fossil fuel-based power plants. He has been actively engaged in Post-combustion capture project management and demonstration projects in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley on CO₂ capture and hydrogen production, and on CO₂ capture using membrane contactor technology.

He has led various feasibility studies for the Asian Development Bank on CO₂ Capture at Indian Oil Corporation’s refineries, for JPOWER on hydrogen production from Victorian brown coal and for Kawasaki on incorporation of CCS in hydrogen production from fossil fuel. He has authored multiple peer reviewed journal articles, co-authored various confidential reports on CO₂ capture, utilization and hydrogen production and utility, and has presented his work at various conferences, symposiums and seminars. He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Monash University Australia and a Master of Technology in Process Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India.

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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