Carlos Serralde - Mario Molina Centre

1. PANEL 2
CCS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Tone Skogen – Government of Norway
Alice Gibson – Global CCS Institute
Dr Carlos Serralde – Mario Molina Centre
Amit Kumar – TERI

2. MEXICAN CCS+EOR
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Carlos Serralde
Centro Mario Molina
October 2012

3. Mexican Energy Sector
Financial resources administration, tax
Ministry of Finance collection, investment assignation
Ministry of Energy
Government
of Mexico
(elected every 6 years)
Ministry of Environment
Others……………

4. GHG Emissions in Mexico
2009 CO2 industrial sources in Mexico
2009
Río Escondido
*Modificar mapa Sabinas
Altamira
Tuxpan
Poza Rica
Tula
Dos Bocas
Manzanillo
Petacalco
PETACALCO

5. GHG Emissions in Mexico
Mexico’s Government position on climate change
“Let me express Mexico´s commitment on climate change . …we
are presenting efforts to reduce by 30% our GHG emissions by
2020 y by 50% by 2050.”
Presitent of Mexico Felipe Calderón
In the World Economic Forum at Davos,
January 29, 2010
30%
50% “Objetive 2.1.10 . To support Mexico’s
capacities for the eventual application of
the capture and geological storage of CO2
originated in the energy sector.”
National Program on Climate Change
Source: National Program on Climate Change 2009-2012

6. CCS North American Atlas 2012
Inclusion of the Mexican perspective
Key points within
“Inclusion Zones”:
• Location of Oil fields
• Location of CFE power
plants (fossil fuel)
Source: North America Carbon Storage Atlas (2012)

7. Demonstration Project EOR+CCS
(CO2-EOR alternative for PEMEX)
There are several strategic alternatives for the use of the CO2 in EOR
processes
PEMEX OIL SITES CO2 Potential volume available (CFE)
“ACTIVO ACEITE TERCIARIO DEL GOLFO” 100 - 600 MMCFD
PALEOCANAL DE CHICONTEPEC
Ebano Potential oil sites (nearby CFE Tuxpan) for CO2 injection
Potential volume of
oil to be recovered Demand of CO2
Field
MMB MMCFD MMT/ year
Coyotes 150 km  Coyotes  60-160  80-220  1.6-4.5
Soledad
CFE Tuxpan  Soledad  100-260  130-350  2.6-7.1
 Poza Rica  150-390  200-530  4.1-10.8
 Tajín  160-430  220-590  4.5-12.0
Coapechaca
 Coapechaca  100-260  130-360  2.6-7.3
Tajin
Poza Rica  Ébano  110-300  150-400  3.0-8.1
Given the available CO2 volume, location of oil sites and actual
project state, Coyotes and Poza Rica sites seem to be ideal candidates
for the project
Note: Potential volume was calculated with the original volume in the oil sites assuming an incremental recovery of 3-8%. The CO2 demand estimates the use of 10,000 cubic feets (CF)
per incremental barrel and a volume recovery in a period of 20 years

8. Demonstration Project EOR+CCS
where to do a demonstration project in Mexico?
1
NORTH
REGIONS
Río Escondido
Carbón II
2 SOUTH REGION Altamira
Tuxpan
Poza Rica
Tula
Dos Bocas
Manzanillo
Petacalco
PETACALCO

9. THANK YOU!
Carlos Serralde
cserralde@centromariomolina.org