About this Forum

This Forum addresses the opportunities and challenges related to the potential development of a CO2 utilisation and geological storage activity that would be several orders of magnitude larger than the current use in EOR and CCS demonstration projects.

The oil and gas industry has pioneered the utilisation and storage of CO2 in geological formations from upstream operations. Fossil fuels are likely to remain the largest component of the energy mix until 2050, and emissions, under current policies, are projected by the International Energy Agency to increase by 40% over the next 2 decades and by as much as 120% until 2050, leading to unsustainable levels and significant climate change-related issues. CO2 capture and geological storage can be a major abatement option to emissions that originate from high volume, stationary industrial sources, with a potential contribution of 20% of the total reduction needed to stay at the IPCC stabilisation levels.

Who should attend?

The Forum is a limited attendance meeting for up to 75 people, designed for professionals in the oil and gas, power and alternative energy industries who are active in the development, deployment, management and operation of CO2 Capture and Storage Schemes

The Forum is aimed at people whose principle job falls into any of the following categories:

Geoscientists and Geoscience Managers	Reservoir Engineers and Managers
Well Engineers and Managers	Petroleum Engineers and Managers
Production Engineers and Managers	Process and Facilities Engineers
Asset and Business Managers	Government Policy and Regulatory Engineers and Managers
Financial Modellers and Business Development Managers	Funders of Low Carbon Energy Technologies
CO2 Emission Source Managers (Power, Cement, Steel, Industrial Processes)

The Forum Series Format

The SPE Forum Series provides nine alternate morning, afternoon, and evening sessions of scheduled and unscheduled presentations with maximum time available for informal discussions and exchange of experience. Presentations are generally limited to three or four slides. Breakout sessions for discussions are common. A short, written summary of major issues and consensus arising from the Forum may be prepared and distributed to attendees after the Forum at the discretion of the programme committee and with appropriate SPE approval.

Forum Guidelines

• Participants are expected to attend every session.
• Lengthy, formal presentations are discouraged to promote maximum discussion.
• SPE Forums are conducted off the record to support the free interchange of information and ideas.
• Written papers are prohibited, and extensive note taking is not allowed.
• Mechanical recording of any portion of the Forum in any form (photographic, electronic, etc.) is prohibited.
• Information disclosed at a Forum may not be used publicly without the originator’s permission.
• Participants are requested to omit reference to Forum proceedings in any subsequent published work or voral presentation.