PODCAST – Talking Transition

Geological storage is critical to the acceleration of industrial decarbonization, hydrogen and carbon dioxide removal – but is there room for all the CO2, is it in the right places and is it ready for commercial use?
Susan Kish speaks to Sylvain Thibeau who leads OGCI’s storage working group and has just published the 2021 update of the CO2 Storage Resource Catalogue.

Guest: Sylvain Thibeau, CO2 storage expert at Total Energies, head of OGCI’s storage working group.

Capturing and storing carbon dioxide from both industrial sources and from the atmosphere are crucial parts of the decarbonization toolkit. Neither is on track – but the momentum is growing fast as companies and governments work on how they can reach net zero by 2050.

Susan Kish spoke to Professor Sally Benson, the Precourt Family Professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University, about the potential for scaling up carbon capture and the realities of storing CO2 safely and permanently.

Guest: Sally Benson, the Precourt Family Professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University

OGCI is working with the Payne Institute for Public Policy and the World Bank to help them monitor global methane flaring more accurately and to support the public accessibility of satellite data on flaring. Susan Kish speaks to Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute, about why data transparency is crucial to stopping flaring and why he is working with OGCI to make the data more accessible.

Guest: Morgan Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute

Saudi Arabia has begun to see the energy transition as a real opportunity for the country to modernize and diversify its economy. Susan Kish spoke to Tidjani Niass about the role carbon capture and storage plays in that paradigm shift.

Guest: Tidjani Niass, CCUS Lead at Technology, Strategy & Planning, Saudi Aramco

OGCI’s KickStarter initiative aims to accelerate the emergence of low carbon industrial hubs that leverage carbon capture, use and storage to mitigate emissions. Last week saw the official launch of the world’s most advanced hub, Northern Lights.

Guest: Martijn Smit, Business Development Manager, Northern Lights

OGCI has started exploring the role it can play in catalyzing natural climate solutions responsibly and on a scale that will create tangible tools to tackle climate change and bring meaningful co-benefits. We talk to Viviana Coelho who leads OGCI’s work in this area.