On November 14th, 2022, the 2nd International Forum on Offshore Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) was successfully held in Xiamen.
Online and offline experts and scholars at the 2nd offshore CCUS Forum
Prof. Dai Minhan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chair professor of Xiamen University, delivered the opening speech on behalf of the organizer. Prof. Dai pointed out that the long-term accumulation of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by human activities is the major factor in climate warming. If effective measures are not taken to control greenhouse gas emissions, global warming will cause disastrous consequences such as frequent extreme weather, sea level rise, and ocean acidification. It is expected to achieve the goals of "peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "carbon neutrality" by adopting technologies, such as emission reduction from offshore activities and CCUS.
Li Yang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a senior engineer of China Petrochemical Industry introduced the research progress and implementation of major carbon capture and utilization technologies such as ethanolamine absorption in Sinopec. He pointed out that CO2 flooding in low permeability and high water cut reservoirs has achieved good results, and the technical system for CO2 flooding and storage has been successfully established.
Academician Dai Minhan delivered a speech and Academician Li Yang gave a report.
Several other invited researchers from China and worldwide introduced in detail the development trends of offshore CCUS and the establishment of major offshore CCUS projects focused on planning and construction. They also put forward suggestions for developing offshore CCUS, pointing out that marine carbon storage has great potential and pilot demonstration projects should be started. These researchers include Zhou Di, a researcher at the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Li Qingping, chief engineer of CNOOC Research Institute; Li Qi, a researcher at the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Liang Xi, a professor at University College London; Dong Yangze, a researcher at the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory; Roee Diamant, a professor at Haifa University of Israel; Jonathan M. Bull, a professor at the University of Southampton; Ma Jian, a professor at Xiamen University; Zhang Qifeng, a researcher at the Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Wang Ziming, an associate professor at Xiamen University, and Liangang Lv, a professor at the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources.
Prof. Jianghui Li, Xiamen University, spoke at the closing ceremony of the forum. He pointed out that since China successfully launched the first demonstration project of marine carbon storage in the northern South China Sea in 2021, offshore CCUS has entered a new stage of engineering implementation in China.
Prof. Jianghui Li made a closing speech at the forum
This forum has gathered experts, scholars, and industry leaders from domestic and overseas universities, research institutes, enterprises, and business management departments in the fields of marine carbon neutrality, environmental science, engineering science, and information technology. The forum aims to discuss the basic research and engineering technical problems of offshore CCUS, cooperate with domestic and overseas superior research resources, and promote in-depth cooperation and common development of scientific research and resource sharing among various units in the field of offshore CCUS research.
The 2nd International Forum on Offshore CCUS was hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, with the support of the Pacific Society of China, the UK-China (Guangdong) CCUS Centre, and the State Key Laboratory of Robotics.
