Meade Harris, Senior Advisor EMEA, Global CCS Institute

1. THE MIDDLE EAST
CCS DEVELOPMENTS & ACTIVITIES
EDINBURGH, 23 MAY

2. Overview of Session
 Insights from the Global CCS Institute's GCC
Strategic Workshop, May 2013
 The importance of the Middle East region and
CCS activities to date
 Presentations from two key projects: The
Adnoc/Masdar CCS Project in the UAE & The
Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research
Centre – Imperial College
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3. Reflections from GCC Workshop, May 13, Abu Dhabi
 Research and large-scale projects are now
underway in all four major oil-producing countries
 There are still a number of technical, financial, and
policy questions to address
 CO2 Management is growing in importance
 CO2 EOR is a driver for CCS in the region
 Energy security plays an key role
 Energy policies are needed and are under
development
 Knowledge sharing is essential
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4. Map of CCS Activities
ADNOC and Masdar are
working together on a CO2
EOR project, due to start up
in 2016, which would be the
first full-scale CCS project
for steel in the world.
Saudi Aramco’s Uthmaniya test site will
begin its injection operations starting in
2014. This project is expected to provide
long term storage of CO2 for EOR for when
it is required.
Kuwait is looking into a pilot project
and in February 2012 KPC, the IEA
and OPEC held a workshop to
discuss CO2‐EOR and its role in the
early demonstration of CCS.
Bahrain has a CCS capture (only)
facility from which the captured CO2
of an existing petrochemical plant
are used for urea and methanol
production.
Qatar Petroleum in collaboration
with Shell and Qatar Science and
Technology Park, and Imperial
College London, established a
research centre focusing on
developing reservoir simulators
leading to enhanced subsurface
understanding.