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Technology Transfer Council
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DECEMBER 23,
2009
Industry
Highlight:
Things Looking A Bit More Bullish
on Natural Gas
DOE
Highlight:
NETL’s Director Carl Bauer Retiring from
Federal Service
DOE recently announced that Carl Bauer, NETL’s
Director for the last four years, will be retiring from federal
service effective Feb 28, 2010. Bauer was appointed Director in
August 2005 after serving NETL in several prior roles. In 2007,
Bauer received the Laboratory Director of the Year award from the
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer. He will
continue as NETL Director until 12/31/09, at which time he will be
detailed to the DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy in Washington, where
he will advise on strategic planning.
DOE — A Texas Highlight:
Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC One of Three
Receiving DOE Funding in Round Three of DOE’s Clean Coal Power
Initiative
Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC will integrate
Siemens gasification and power generating technology with carbon
capture technologies to effectively capture 90% of the carbon
dioxide (2.7 million metric tons per year) at a 400 megawatt plant
to be built near Midland-Odessa, TX. The captured CO2 will be
treated, compressed and then transported by CO2 pipeline to
oilfields in the Permian Basin of West Texas, for use in enhanced
oil recovery (EOR) operations. The Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG)
at the University of Texas will design and assure compliance with a
state-of-the-art CO2 sequestration monitoring, verification and
accounting program. (DOE share: $350 million; project duration: 8
years)
PTTC
Highlight: Upcoming Workshops Address Economic Issues
AAPG
Highlight: Plan Your AAPG Schedule for Early 2010
Keep your mind and your virtual pencil sharp
and enjoy this energy-related
crossword puzzle from PTTC.
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