International GeoEn Conference 2012

The GeoEn International Conference will provide a great opportunity to discuss the state-of-the-art in geoenergy research on the core themes geothermal energy, shale gas, CCU and CCS (CO₂ capture, utilization, transport and storage) and public acceptance, with a special focus on reservoir exploration, exploitation and modelling, geomicrobiology, geophysics, monitoring, materials and corrosion. GeoEn integrates various scientific and engineering research disciplines.

Schedule

15th October 2012

REGISTRATION

12:00-13:00 Meeting office in House H

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME

13:00 – 13:15   Welcoming remarks and Overview of Geo-Energy Research, by Reinhard Hüttl,

                    Scientific Executive Director, German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
13:15 – 13:30   Introduction to the GeoEn Conference, by Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth,

                    German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
13:30 – 13:45   Ute Bernhardt, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
13:45 – 14:00   Inge Schlotzhauer, Brandenburg Ministry for Science,

                    Research and Culture (MWFK)
14:00 – 14:15   Geoenergien- Perspektiven aus Sicht der Industrie, by Wolfgang Rolland,

                    Vattenfall Europe Mining AG                  

14:15 – 15:00 COFFEE BREAK and GROUP PHOTO

SESSION 1– Public Acceptance   

Chairman: Anton Vesper, BTU Cottbus

15:00 – 15:30   Acceptance and the loss of trust, by Klaus Kornwachs, Büro für Kultur

                    und Technik
15:30 – 15:50   Does CCS make good citizens do bad things?, by Peter Wiedemann, WF-EMF
15:50 – 16:05   A comparison of mental risk concepts on carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS)

                    and deep geothermal energy (DGE), by Lasse Wallquist, Risk-Dialogue Foundation
16:05 – 16:20   Pragma-Dialectics and Acceptance Research, by Anton Vesper, BTU Cottbus
16:20 – 16:30   Open discussion                

16:30 COFFEE BREAK and POSTER SESSION

19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER: please pick up the information on location at registration desk

20:00 Invited Dinner Speech by Ortwin Renn, University Stuttgart,
Acceptance of Geo-engineering and Carbon Sequestration: Requirements for a Constructive Discourse

16th October 2012
SESSION 2 – Geothermal Technologies   

Chairman: Thomas Reinsch, German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ

09:00 – 09:30   Invited Speaker Jefferson W. Tester, Cornell University, Geothermal’s role in making

                    sustainable energy choices when everything matters
09:30 – 09:45   Downhole monitoring during hydraulic experiments at the in-situ geothermal lab Groß

                    Schönebeck, by Jan Henninges et al., German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
09:45 – 10:00   Physico-chemical properties of geothermal fluids - implications from the thermal water

                    loop operation in Groß Schönebeck, by Simona Regenspurg et al.
10:00 – 10:15   Multiphysics between Deep Geothermal Reservoir, Boreholes, Heat Exchangers and

                    Geothermal Power Plant, by Liwah Wong et al., German Research Centre for

                    Geosciences GFZ
10:15 – 10:30   Microbial communities and processes in a geothermal plant in the Molasse Basin, by

                    Hannah Halm et al., German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
10:30 – 10:45   Geothermal modelling in complex sedimentary basins – lessons learned and open

                    questions,by Mauro Cacace et al., German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
10:45 – 10:55   Open discussion

10:55 – 11:40 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 3 – Shale Gas   

Chairman: Dorit Kerschke, German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ

11:40 – 12:10   Invited speaker Frank Umbach, EUCERS and CESS GmbH, Strategic Challenges and

                    Perspectives of Unconventional Gas in Europe
12:10 – 12:25   On the sustainable exploitation of shale resources in Europe, by Brian Horsfield,

                    German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
12:25 – 12:40   Communicating Shale Gas: The Shale Gas Information Platform, by Andreas Hübner et al.,

                    German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
12:40 – 12:55   Sequence stratigraphic and sedimentological evaluation of slope and basinal organic-rich

                    Mudrocks of the Upper Permian Zechstein Formation, northern Germany,

                    by Ursula Hammes et al., University Potsdam and University of Texas
12:55 – 13:10   Nanoporous pyrobitumen as a gas reservoir within shales, by Hans-Martin Schulz et al.,

                    German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
13:10 – 13:20   Open discussion            

13:20 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK (included in conference fee)

SESSION 4 – Carbon Capture, Utilization, Transport and Storage   

Chairman: Peter Bergmann, German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ

14:00 – 14:30   Invited speaker Erik G. B. Lindeberg, SINTEF, CO₂ storage as a large scale solution to

                    reduce anthropogenic climate challenge
14:30 – 14:45   Operational experience and method development for monitoring potential impact of the

                    CO₂ Reservoir in Ketzin,Germany, by Bernd Wiese et al., German Research Centre for

                    Geosciences
14:45 – 15:00   Time-lapse seismic and electrical resistivity tomography combined for monitoring of the

                    CO₂ storage Ketzin, Germany, by Peter Bergmann et al., German Research Centre for

                    Geosciences    
15:00 – 15:15   CFD modeling of the ambient medium effects on the dispersion of high pressurized CO₂

                    released from onshore and offshore pipeline leakages, by Nicoleta Herzog et al., BTU

                    Cottbus
15:15 – 15:30   A Thermodynamic and Experimental Study of Fireside Corrosion of Superheater Materials

                    in Oxy-Coal Flue Gas Atmospheres, by Roger Abang et al., BTU Cottbus
15:30 – 15:45   CO₂-methanation by catalytic conversion, by Klaus Müller et al., BTU Cottbus

15:45 – 15:55   Open discussion

15:55 – 16:30 COFFE BREAK

SESSION 5 – Cross-cutting Themes   

Chairman: Mauro Cacace, German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ

16:30 – 16:45   Controlled Source Magnetotelluric – exploration for Geo-Energy, by Oliver Ritter et al.,

                    German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ
16:45 – 17:00   Influence of geological structures and the spatial discretization on heat transport within

                    the Northeast German Basin: Results from 3D numerical simulations, by Björn Onno Kaiser

                    et al., University Potsdam
17:00 – 17:15   Control of faults on the thermal field and fluid system (NE German Basin): results from 3D

                    Finite Element simulations, by Yvonne Cherubini et al., University Potsdam

DISCUSSION
17:15-18:00  Quo Vadis Geoenergy?

18:00 POSTER SESSION with Drinks and Snacks

17th October 2012

EXCURSIONS to GeoEn test sites and back to GFZ

Geothermal Technologies - Groß Schönebeck
09:30        Journey to Groß Schönebeck
               Introduction and guided tour at the site, done by Jan Henniges, German Research Centre

               for Geosciences GFZ
               Lunch package on the bus
ca. 15:30   Arrival at GFZ

3D Lab at the University Potsdam

09:30      Departure to University of Potsdam
             Introduction and presentation of 3D Lab by Lutz Ehlert and Björn-Onno Kaiser
11:30      Departure at University Potsdam

11:50      Arrival GFZ
             Lunch at GFZ

The following excursions will probably not be realized as not enough participants have registered.
CO2 Separation - Schwarze Pumpe
CO2 Storage - Ketzin