1. European Technology Platform
for Clean, Unconventional Hydrocarbons
(ETP CUH )
Andrzej Siemaszko
Leader of the Working Party of the ETP CUH
NCP Poland
Gdańsk, 08.10.2014

2. The mission of the ETP CUH
CONTRIBUTING TO MORE
COMPETITIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND SECURE EUROPE
BY EXPLOITING THE INDIGENOUS POTENTIAL OF
UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBONS
„…….That is to say, the focus must be on the overall innovation challenge,
including its social- economic- legislative- political- implementational
aspects, rather than only the technological issues….”
EUROPEAN RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD REPORT ON EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
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3. Clean & Uncoventional Goals
The Platform will aim at answering a major challenge of providing new sources of energy
with full environmental protection. The adjective “CLEAN” has several meanings:
• to select the best available technologies and to advance new technologies tailored for
European geological conditions allowing for extraction of hydrocarbons in safe way
for the environment and public health;
• to develop new technologies of enhanced extraction of hydrocarbons allowing to
increase efficiency and the percentage of extracted to left hydrocarbons in the strata;
• to develop new technologies allowing for utilization of GHG, in particular vented CH4 from coal beds for electric power
generation and CO2 for the enhanced coal bed methane recovery (ECBM) and enhanced shale gas recovery (ESGR) with
elements of partial CO2 geological sequestration; to contribute to CO2 emission reduction in the energy sector in Europe
by wide application of hydrocarbons for electricity generation and substitution of coal;
• to support and facilitate the transition to renewable energy by presenting the concept of autonomous power regions with
power mix based upon renewables supported by gas power generation.
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4. First meeting of the ETP CUH
• The first steps towards the establishment of a European
Platform for Clean, Unconventional Hydrocarbons took
place in Warsaw on 4th April, 2013, with participation of
Günther Verheugen, ex - EU Commissioner for
Enlargement, and then Enterprise and Industry;
• Mr. Verheugen, who was voted Chairman of the Platform’s
Board of Directors, chaired the first session of a Working
Group with an international mix of experts from Hungary,
Lithuania and Poland;
• The document titled: ‘European Technology
Platform for Clean, Unconventional Hydrocarbons:
Mission, Objectives and draft of the Strategic
Research Agenda’, formed the basis of the meeting’s
discussions;
• It was also stressed that the Platform would be
wide-ranging in its approach, be willing to undergo
research duties, and would consider all
unconventional hydrocarbons including methane,
not just shale gas;
• The goals and further steps of developing
the ETP CUH wert established.
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5. Working group of the ETP CUH
LOTOS
Geonafta
Lithuania
ETP
CUH
Falcon-
TMX –
Hungary
Polish
Academy
of Science
Poland
Polish
Geological
Institute
Poland
PGNiG S.A.
Poland
Central
European
Energy
Partners
Belgium
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6. The structure of the Platform
Five groups were finally proposed, including an Environmental Impact, and an Economic Aspects,
with a Government Group to be possibly formed later.
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7. Objectives
• to increase EU’s energy security by exploitation of indigenous resources
of energy carriers by introducing the unconventional hydrocarbons to
EU’s energy mix;
• to develop an agenda which in a balanced way will develop sustainable
exploration and exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons in EU
with the reduced environmental impact and the full public acceptance;
• to develop new unconventional hydrocarbons technologies allowing for
more efficient and economically viable exploitation and increasing the
competitiveness of European industry.
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8. Specific objectives (1/2)
• to support for the implementation of a common European policy in the
energy sector based on the principles of sustainable development,
competitiveness and energy supply security;
• to develop the "clean" technologies for extraction of hydrocarbons from
unconventional sources in EU to minimize the impact on the environment;
• to obtain for the technologies for extracting unconventional hydrocarbons
the status of a fully-fledged EU technology, and entering these technologies
into strategic programs for energy and climate policy such as Horizon 2020,
SET-PLAN or EIP Mineral Resources;
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9. Specific objectives (2/2)
• to take action in the field of legal regulations facilitating the extraction of
hydrocarbons from unconventional sources;
• to promote clean unconventional hydrocarbons and carry out a public awareness
campaign and European discussion of environmental aspects related to
unconventional hydrocarbons exploration and production;
• to establish cooperation and getting support at the regional level and the
individual Member States as well as from European organizations (such as the
European Technology Platform ZEP);
• to strengthen collaboration with US, Canada and other third countries in the
area of development of clean and safe technologies for unconventional
hydrocarbons exploitation by joint research, development and knowledge
sharing.
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10. ETP CUH RTD proposals (1/2)
• Environmental aspects
o Monitoring, Verification and Accounting
o Technologies avoiding the ground water pollution
o Technologies limiting the air pollution
o Technologies limiting the surface pollution
• Horizontal aspects
o Evaluation of European resources of unconventional hydrocarbons
o Carbon footprint analysis
• Risk analysis
o Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing.
o Risk assessment and hazard scenarios
• Regulatory aspects
• Public awareness and social acceptance aspects
o Promotion
o Dissemination
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11. ETP CUH RTD proposals (2/2)
• Fracturing operations
o Optimisation of hydraulic fracturing operations
o Gas fracturing operations
o Numerical methods
• Enhancement of hydrocarbons recovery
o Enhanced shale gas/oil recovery by the use of CO2
• Site selection and characterization
• Enhanced coal bed methane (ECBM)
• Support technologies for exploitation
o Drilling
o Site surface infrastructure and transportation
o New concept of comprehensive extraction of energy from earth
o Material engineering problems
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12. Future of ETP CUH
• Invitation of new potential partners to ETP
CUH
• Close collaboration with EERA Shale Gas
Joint Program
• Close collaboration with the European
Science and Technology Network on
Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction
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13. R&D Activities in Poland (domestic level) –
Blue Gas Programme
Program Blue Gas/Polish Shale Gas is a joint
undertaking of Polish National Centre for Research and
Development (NCBiR) and Industrial Development
Agency (ARP S.A.). It is focused on supporting
integrated large R&D projects, testing results on pilot
scale and commercialization of innovative technologies
in the area of shale gas extraction
Research-industrial consortium „Polish Technologies
for Shale Gas” consisting of:
Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) – Leader,
LOTOS Group, PKN Orlen, Warsaw University of
Technology, Gdańsk University of Technology,
AGH University of Science and Technology, Oil and
Gas Institute
Total budget = 1 bilion PLN
(250 mln €)
NCBiR - 125
mln PLN
ARP - 125
mln PLN
Industry-
500 mln
PLN
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14. BLUE GAS Programme – R&D projects examples
 Geology
• Estimation of unconventional hydrocarbon deposits distribution in Poland
• Methodology to determine sweet spots based on geochemical, petro physical and geomechanical
properties
• Methodology of exploration risks (geological and commercial) for unconventional accumulations of
unconventional gas
 Technology
• Optimization of drilling parameters, including the selection of drilling technology, tools, drilling
fluids and cementing
• Development of advanced completion technologies of Polish shale gas formations by hydraulic
fracturing
 Environment
• Organization and technology of environment monitoring and protection, in the preparatory stage,
during drilling and hydraulic fracturing and during exploitation
• Environmentally friendly and economically feasible technologies for water supply, wastewater and
waste management associated with shale gas exploration
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15. Thank you for your attention
Andrzej Siemaszko
Leader of the Working Party of the ETP CUH
NCP Poland
e-mail: Andrzej.Siemaszko@kpk.gov.pl
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