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May 11th 2010: “GEOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS PALUXY FORMATION FOR THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION (SECARB) PARTNERSHIP PHASE III ANTHROPOGENIC TEST”
On May 11, 2010, a poster entitled, "Geologic Characterization of the Lower Cretaceous Paluxy Formation for the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration (SECARB) Partnership Phase III Anthropogenic Test", was presented by ARI geologist, Shawna Cyphers, at the 9th Annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. The poster outlines ARI's initial geologic model and reservoir characterization of the Paluxy Formation, which is the injection target for the SECARB Phase III Anthropogenic Test. As an integrated CO2 capture, transportation, and storage demonstration this project represents a major step toward demonstrating commercial-scale storage of CO2 captured from an existing pulverized coal-fired power plant.
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May 4th-6th 2010: Aspen Wye River Conference Center, Queenstown, Maryland; “STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS) DEPLOYMENT”
Mr. Vello Kuuskraa, president of Advanced Resources International, was invited to participate in a three-day workshop sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, entitled: “Strategic Initiatives for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Deployment", held at the Aspen Wye River Conference Center, Queenstown, Maryland, May 4 through 6, 2010. Mr. Kuuskraa was asked to prepare and present two presentations; “A “Green” Agenda for Fossil Energy” and “Gas Shales Drive the Unconventional Gas Revolution”. The workshop was attended by Mr. James Markowsky, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. DOE, along with other staff members of U.S. DOE headquarters, NETL and private industry.
April 2010: WHITE HOUSE; “U.S.-CHINA SHALE GAS RESOURCE INITIATIVE”
In response to the White House U.S.-China Shale Gas Resource Initiative, Mr. Vello Kuuskraa, president of Advanced Resources International, was asked by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in a training course on Shale Gas Development. Mr. Kuuskraa traveled to Beijing, China with representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy, Chevron and Halliburton to conduct the three day workshop led by the former State Planning Commission now called the National Development and Reform Commission. The course was attended by 180 people and feedback from the conference attendees was highly positive.
March 10, 2010: Advanced Resources International, Inc.; “U.S. Oil Production Potential from Accelerated Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage”, White Paper, Arlington, VA. Press Release
October 2009-March 2010: Advanced Resources International, Inc.; “ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF THE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION INDUSTRY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE”
During the 4th quarter of 2009 and 1st quarter of 2010, Michael L. Godec,
Vice President of Advanced Resources, made 10 presentations during his
tour as a 2009-2010 Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer
program. The title of his presentation is “Environmental
Performance of the Exploration and Production Industry: Past, Present,
and Future.”
This lecture builds on the author’s past work to document
the technological progress made by the oil and gas exploration and
production industry, and the environmental benefits realized from
this progress. The lecture documents the improvements in environmental
performance made by the E&P industry, examines industry and
societal trends, and highlights some of the specific technological
advances contributing to its performance. The lecture describes
how company environmental performance has evolved from a necessary
activity to comply with regulatory requirements to a major factor
differentiating companies to stakeholders, including customers and
the communities within which they operate -- or wish to operate.
The lecture introduces new concepts of environmental performance,
particularly relating to extracting environmental value from existing
infrastructure. Finally, the lecture describes the likely key future
role the E&P industry will play in addressing arguably the most
important environmental issue of our time – global climate
change.
The Distinguished Lecturer Program extends the knowledge and experience
of some of the industry’s top experts in all phases of the
E&P industry. By making available to every SPE section up to
three lectures per year, the DL Program answers countless questions
and advances technology on all fronts, in more than 450 presentations
each year.
More information on the SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program can
be found at http://www.spe.org/events/dl.
December 7 - 18, 2009: “Worldwide Gas Shales and Unconventional Gas: A Status Report”, prepared and presented by Mr. Vello A. Kuuskraa, president of Advanced Resources International, at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP15, "Natural Gas, Renewables and Efficiency: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Economy" sponsored by the American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF), the UN Foundation (UNF) and the Worldwatch Institute, Copenhagen.
Mr. Kuuskraa’s talk entitled “Worldwide Gas Shales and Unconventional Gas: A Status Report”, discussed how the discovery and development of gas shales and other unconventional gas resources in North America have led to a “paradigm shift” in the outlook for natural gas and the much larger role it could play in reducing emissions of CO2. Using the North American experience as the example, he discussed how the development of gas shales and unconventional gas could provide similar impacts on energy security and CO2 emission reductions in Europe, China and other areas with large, prospective gas shale basins. Other presenters include Christopher Flavin, president of the Worldwatch Institute, Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, and Senator Timothy E. Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation.
September 21, 2009: “Paradigm
Shift in Domestic Natural Gas Resources, Supplies
and Costs”,
prepared and presented by Vello A. Kuuskraa to the EFI
Gas-to-Market & Energy Conversion Forum Washington, D.C.
September 16, 2009: “Challenges Facing Increased Production and Use of Domestic Natural Gas”, prepared and presented by Vello A. Kuuskraa to the Global Energy and Environment Initiative (GEEI), Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
September 15, 2009: Advanced Resources International was presented the 2009 Regional Corporate Service Award at the SPE National Capital Section’s Luncheon. In an effort to acknowledge exemplary corporate service to SPE, the Society established the Regional Corporate Service Award. This Award is designed to recognize outstanding volunteer services to the society and the Northeastern North America Region. Advanced Resources is the third recipient of this award, following Schlumberger Data Consulting Services and Universal Well Services, and is being recognized for their contributions to the SPE International Board of Directors, the SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program, numerous international SPE Standing Committees and to the local National Capital Section.
Photo of Award
May 3 - 7, 2009: “Paradigm Shift in the Domestic Natural Gas Resource Base”, a new Advanced Resources' presentation by Mr. Vello A. Kuuskraa presented at the Clean Technology Conference & Expo, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX.
October 23, 2008: Southwest Regional Partnership Phase II Annual
Review Meeting. “Pump Canyon Characterization and Modeling”.
ARI presented information on new CO2 injections in the San Juan Basin
at the two-day meeting.
September 9, 2008: Second Petrobras International Seminar on CO2 Capture and Geological Storage. “Maximizing Oil Recovery Efficiency and Sequestration of CO2 with 'Next Generation' CO2-EOR Technology”. ARI President Vello Kuuskraa gave his 2007-2008 SPE Distinguished Lecturer presentation as part of the SPE Special Session. The four-day seminar was held in Salvador, Brazil, and included several hundred international participants.
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Events
10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHGT-10)
September 19-23, 2010 - RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.ghgt.info/
ATCE 2010 – SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition
September 20-22, 2010 – Florence, Italy
http://www.spe.org/atce/2010/
SPE Eastern Regional Meeting
October 12–14, 2010 – Morgantown, WV, USA
http://www.spe.org/events/erm/
SPE International Conference on CO2 Capture, Storage, and Utilization
November 10-12, 2010 – New Orleans, LA, USA
http://www.spe.org/events/co2/2010/
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