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[Tackler]

HTC Hydrogen advertises C02 capture product

2008-01-29 10:28 MT - News Release

Mr. Jeff Allison reports

HTC PURENERGY TO LAUNCH, NEW CO2 CAPTURE SYSTEM IN ALBERTA

HTC Hydrogen Technologies Corp. has launched the world's first modular, pre-engineered carbon dioxide capture system, called the "Purenergy CCS 1000."

The Purenergy CCS 1000 is a stand-alone carbon capture system that will capture CO2 from the flue gas exhaust of power plants, oil and gas processing facilities, and large industrial emitters. The captured CO2 will be used for CO2-enhanced oil recovery or be stored geologically. The Purenergy CCS 1000 will be pre-engineered, prebuilt and modularly constructed by HTC's strategic partners Pinnacle Industrial Services of Regina and NuVision Industries of Carseland, Alta., using technologies developed and validated for over 12 years at the University of Regina. The system will be capable of capturing 1,000 tons per day of CO2, and because of its modular design, will be able to be manufactured, shipped and erected at the emitter site at a much lower cost than other systems that have to be custom-built on-site.

HTC's chairman and chief executive officer, Lionel Kambeitz, commented: "HTC's Purenergy CCS 1000 has been designed to substantially reduce the cost of CO2 capture. Our company has had a significant amount of prelaunch interest worldwide for the product. HTC is advantaged by commercializing the world-leading technology developed at the Green House Gas Technology Centre at the University of Regina. We have been developing Team CO2 through employing and engaging the many skilled graduate and doctorate students, as well as researchers from the University of Regina. We will now continue to expand highly skilled opportunities in Saskatchewan and Alberta to satisfy the engineering, building and commercializing of this new CO2 capture system. By applying world-leading CO2 capture technology with the reduced costs of a pre-engineered, modular system, we believe we will have the lowest cost CO2 capture solution."

[johnlw]

Upgrader will supply carbon dioxide to boost aging oilfield

Gordon Jaremko
The Edmonton Journal

Thursday, February 21, 2008

EDMONTON - A project that adds a green dimension to the Edmonton area's budding upgrader alley Wednesday obtained final approval from Alberta Environment.

Construction will start when negotiations currently underway with potential partners in the $4-billion development are completed, North West Upgrading Inc. president Robert Pearce said in an interview.

His firm earlier made a deal with another oil firm that will make a two-thirds cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by the project 45 kilometres northeast of Edmonton in Sturgeon County.

The North West Upgrader will supply about 3,500 tonnes per day of carbon-dioxide to Enhance Energy Inc. for injections to extend the producing life of wells in the aging Clive oilfield 130 kilometres south of Edmonton.

The greenhouse gas will stay underground, permanently "sequestered" in the geological reservoir, after driving more oil up out of the ground in an industry first for turning waste from a large bitumen upgrader project into an asset.

The deal with Enhance adds an environmental gain to employment, product price and revenue increases generated by processing oilsands output in Alberta instead of exporting raw bitumen, Pearce indicated.

"That's one of the advantages of upgrading in Alberta, in the Edmonton area," the North West president said.

Growing bitumen exports have made oilsands development a target of attacks as "dirty oil" by Canadian and international environmental groups. The critics are urging consumers and governments to boycott Alberta production for contributing more to global warming than other oil supplies.

North West continues to set a target of 2011 for up to 2,000 construction workers to complete the first of three planned 50,000-barrels-daily stages in the project.

The greenhouse-gas disposal deal only involves the initial plant but the design incorporates features that make similar arrangements possible for the entire development.

Alberta Environment's new approvals cover all three planned plant stages.

No date was set for further construction. Earth moving operations to clear and prepare the site were completed about three weeks ago, Pearce reported.

A schedule will be worked out as part of a deal that North West is seeking with other firms to cover up to half or potentially more of the project's costs, he said.

"We're in that partnering process," Pearce said, adding "it's going well" but he cannot predict a date when an ownership and financing agreement will be concluded.

The new regulatory permits include a water use licence as well as authorization to build the plant under the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.

The project earlier obtained economic and engineering approval from the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, and land-use endorsements by Sturgeon County.