CCS and the Green Transition

When:  Sep 11, 2019 from 06:30 PM to 08:00 PM (CET)
Associated with  Stavanger Section
Northern Lights, CCS and the Green Transition
By Szczepan Polak (Equinor), Christian v d Eijk (Shell), Amit Karnik (Shell).

Abstract:

The full-scale project is a result of The Norwegian government’s ambition to develop a full-scale CCS value chain in Norway by 2024. As part of this ambition the government issued feasibility studies on capture, transport and storage solutions in 2016. Combined, these studies showed the feasibility of realizing a full-scale CCS project. Based on this outcome the government decided to continue the development of the preferred concepts through a study agreement covering concept and FEED (front-end engineering and design) studies. Gassnova represents the Norwegian state and acts as the coordinating body. The studies cover capture of CO2 at the waste-to-energy plant Fortum Oslo Varme in Oslo and at the Norcem (Heidelberg Group) cement factory in Breivik, and the combined transport and storage solution, governed by the collaboration agreement between Equinor, Shell and Total in the Northern Lights Project.


Biography:
Szczepan Polak works as a Principal Engineer Reservoir Technology at Equinor. He holds a MSc degree within petroleum engineering from the University of Science and Technology (AGH) in Krakow, Poland and a PhD degree within reservoir engineering, with focus on CO2 underground storage, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. 

His professional career started at SINTEF Petroleum in 2003, where he worked with laboratory and field scale reservoir modelling including CO2 storage and field development planning. In 2013 he joined Statoil/Equinor and worked in operational unit of the major oil field, mainly with reservoir management. In 2017 he joined the Northern Lights CCS project where he is responsible for reservoir engineering discipline.

Christiaan van der Eijk works within Shell as the Business Opportunity Manager for the Northern Lights project. He is based in Stavanger and has previously worked in Brunei, Iraq, Dubai and the Netherlands in a range of commercial, strategy, business development and JV management roles. He holds an MSc in Econometrics and an MA in History from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Amit Karnik works as a Front End Development Manager in Shell for the Northern Lights project. Prior to working in Norway, he has worked in The Netherlands, the UK, Russia, Dubai and Iraq. In 15 years with Shell International, he has worked in functions ranging from production technology, strategy & business planning, venture integration, divestments, gas & energy master planning and front end project management for large scale capital projects.  Amit holds a MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Technical University of Delft & MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands.

This presentation is free and open to everyone. Refreshments will be served. The external registration is only required for the following dinner.

Location

Scandic Stavanger City
Reidar Berges gate 7
Stavanger, 4013
Norway

Contact

Jamie Andrews

jaand@equinor.com