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RD OPPORTUNITIES IN GEOENERGY AND CCS

• A presentation by
• EEF Lunch debate
• Strasbourg, March 2009

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INDEX

• Research in geoenergy after the new EU strategy
  on 20-20-20
• Hydrocarbon systems and security of supply
• Clean coal as a valuable energy source
• Geothermal energy, a hot topic in many European
  countries
• Geological storage of CO2 is needed now
• Research and technological development to fight
  the crisis in sectors supporting tens of
  thousands of employees in Europe

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RESEARCH IN GEOENERGY

• Research is needed to fully exploit potential of,
  and synergies between, primary energy sources
• Energy technology is one of Europes prime export
  sectors
• New developed technologies and highly trained
  professional workforce is needed for future
  exploitation
• There is a need for sustained research into
  renewing the resource base and transforming
  reserve supplies

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HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS AND SECURITY OF SUPPLY

• North Sea is now a mature oil province, use of
  EOR through captured CO2 can highly increase
  reserves
• Europe can support sustainable development of
  resources in difficult settings
• Gas resources from unconventional deposits could
  provide valuable energy if exploited with skill
• Use of geological structures for oil and gas
  storages provides opportunities for strategic
  hydrocarbon supply

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HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS AND SECURITY OF SUPPLY

• Innovative recovery methods can sensibly increase
  available resources
• Heavy oil and tar sands, tight gas or oil shales
  can bring considerable resources to tap
• Environmentally acceptable exploitation is the
  real challenge

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CLEAN COAL

• Deeply buried coal resources remain to be
  developed in Europe
• Novel drilling techniques can support in-situ
  gasification and Coal Bed Methane (CBM)
  exploitation
• ECBM recovery is also available as a clean
  technology
• Synergies between traditional coal and innovative
  hydrocarbon industries should be promoted

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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

• Available renewable energy source. Wider use
  needed
• RD needed to make this source competitive in
  different oil price scenarios
• Combination with other heat storages can be made
  available in the proximity of urban areas

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CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE

• Large scale application of CCS is a promising
  solution for Europe to fulfill 20-20-20 strategy
  commitments related to GHG emissions
• Geological investigation is widely needed to find
  available storages
• Safety of these storages will be a great
  challenge in the near future
• Storage research will also be useful for other
  subsurface uses

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RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Energy sources are all needed
• Global compatible solutions have to be found in
  crisis scenario
• Complete transition to renewable energies will,
  at least, take a few decades
• Use of geological energy resources is a part of
  these global solutions
• Research solutions can position European
  industries in the leading situation safeguarding
  employment and environment

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