International Workshop on CO_２

Geological Storage , Japan ‘06

Dates: February 20th (Mon) and 21st (Tue) ,2006

Venue: Toranomon Pastoral Hotel Tokyo　

Organized by Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE)

Co-organized by The Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA)

Supported by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan Coal Energy Center (JCOAL),

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST),

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI),

The Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology(JAPT),

The Japan Society of Energy and Resources(JSER),

Mining and Materials Institute of Japan(MMIJ),

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan (SEGJ)　

Agenda (Please download PDF file if linkable on speaker name.)

＜The 1^st day＞

Opening Remarks: Yoichi Kaya（Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) ）

Hiroshi Yamagata (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

(Chair Makoto Akai, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Japan)

Invited Speakers:

Paul Freund (ex-Manager, IEA GHG,UK)

Makoto Akai (AIST , Japan)

Edward Rubin (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Arthur Lee (Chevron Corporation, USA)

Howard Herzog (Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA)

The results of the Nagaoka Project:

Takashi Ohsumi (RITE, Japan)

Toshimasa Tomoda and Keigo Akimoto (RITE, Japan)

＜The 2^nd day＞

Invited Speakers: (session chair Takashi Ohsumi RITE, Japan)

Don White (Geological Survey of Canada, Canada)　

Susan Hovorka (Texas University, USA)

Nick Riley (British Geological Survey (BGS), UK)

The results of the Nagaoka Project :(session chair Toshifumi Matsuoka, Kyoto University Japan)

Daiji Tanase (Engineering Advancement Association (ENAA), Japan)

Ziqiu Xue (RITE, Japan)

Jiro Watanabe(Geophysical Surveying Co., Ltd., Japan)　　

Hideki Saito (Oyo Corporation, Japan)

Akio Sakai (Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (Japex), Japan)

Hiroshi Okuma(Japan Oil Engineering Co., Ltd, Japan)

Panel Discussion (joined by 2^nd day’s Invited speakers and Takashi Ohsumi, Ziqiu Xue, chair Toshifumi Matsuoka)

Generalization:　

Shigeo Murai/Yasunobu Mizuno (RITE, Japan)

Shoichi Tanaka (Tokyo University, Japan)

Closing remarks Masaharu Higuchi (RITE,Japan)