08:00-09:00

CLOSED SESSION (Committee & NRC Staff only)

09:00-09:15

Doors open; registration

09:15-15:00     OPEN SESSION—PUBLIC WELCOME TO ATTEND

09:15-09:30

Welcome and introductions      Murray Hitzman, Chair

09:30-15:00

Presentations

09:30-10:30

Department of Energy
George Guthrie, Office of Fossil Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory
JoAnn Milliken and Jay Nathwani, Geothermal Technologies Program

10:30-11:00

Allyson Anderson, Professional staff, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

11:00-11:15

Break

11:15-12:00

Ernie Majer, Senior Advisor to the ESD Director and Energy Program Leader, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-13:45

Cliff Frohlich, Professor, University of Texas at Austin

13:45-14:30

Domenico Giardini, Director, Swiss Seismological Service

14:30-15:00

General discussion      Murray Hitzman, Chair

End of open session

15:00-17:00

CLOSED SESSION (Committee & NRC Staff only)

End of session

DAY TWO

08:00-13:30     CLOSED SESSION (Committee & NRC Staff only)

End of meeting

DAY TWO

09:15-16:45     OPEN SESSION—PUBLIC WELCOME TO ATTEND

09:15-09:25

Welcome and introduction to study      Murray Hitzman, Chair

09:25-12:30

Panel discussions

09:25-10:15

Panel 1—Vapor-dominated geothermal resource development
Melinda Wright, Calpine Corporation
Craig Hartline, Calpine Corporation
Bill Smith, Northern California Power Agency

10:15-10:45

Panel 2—Liquid-dominated geothermal resource development
Charlene Wardlow, Ormat

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Panel 3—EGS resource development
Mark Walters, Calpine Corporation
Julio Garcia, Calpine Corporation
Susan Petty, Chief Technology Officer, AltaRock Energy Inc.
Ernst Huenges, Head of Reservoir Technologies, GFZ Potsdam
Jay Nathwani, Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Program

12:20-13:30

Lunch presentation—
Ernie Majer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, on the topic of the Department of Energy Induced Seismicity Protocol

13:30-16:30

Presentations

13:30-14:00

Federal land management
Linda Christian, Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington

14:00-15:00

Community contributions
Mark Dellinger, Jeffrey Gospe, Hamilton Hess, Meriel Medrano, Cheryl Engels

15:00-15:15

Break

15:15-16:30

Research
David Oppenheimer, USGS
Jean Savy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

16:30-17:00

General discussion      Murray Hitzman, Chair

End of open session

DAY THREE

08:00-12:00

CLOSED SESSION (Committee & NRC Staff only)

End of meeting

08:30-14:15     OPEN SESSION—PUBLIC WELCOME TO ATTEND

08:30-08:40

Welcome and introduction to study      Murray Hitzman, Chair

08:45-15:00

Presentations (presentations + time for discussion)

08:45-10:00

Ola Eiken and Philip Ringrose, Statoil AS
CO₂ sequestration and monitoring activities offshore Norway
Overview of CO₂ Monitoring Activities Offshore Norway (Sleipner, Snøhvit)—Ola Eiken
Future plans for microseismic and surface monitoring onshore and offshore—Philip Ringrose

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-11:15

James Rutledge, Los Alamos National Laboratory

11:15-12:30

Mark Zoback, Stanford University
The potential for triggered seismicity associated with CO₂ sequestration and shale gas development

12:30-13:15

Lunch

13:15-14:15

Michael Bruno, Terralog Technologies

End of open session

DAY ONE

07:30-08:15     CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE AND NRC STAFF ONLY

08:30-17:30     OPEN SESSION—PUBLIC WELCOME TO ATTEND

08:30-08:45

Welcome and Introductory Remarks      Murray Hitzman, Committee Chair

Morning session moderated by Don Clarke and Jim Mitchell, Committee members

08:45-09:20

Norm Warpinski, Pinnacle—A Halliburton Service
Induced seismicity in shale stimulations

09:20-09:55

Leo Eisner, Czech Academy of Sciences and Seismik, Ltd.
Case examples of induced seismic events near shale gas operations

09:55-10:35

Scott Ausbrooks, Arkansas Geological Survey
Steve Horton, University of Memphis
Earthquakes in central Arkansas triggered by fluid injection at Class 2 UIC wells

10:35-10:50

Break

10:50-11:20

John Jeffers, Southwestern Energy
Observations and perspectives on induced seismicity and microseismicity associated with shale gas development

11:20-11:55

Serge Shapiro, Free University of Berlin
Quantitative understanding of induced microseismicity for reservoir characterization and development

11:55-12:30

Doug Johnson, Texas Railroad Commission
Regulatory response to induced seismicity in Texas

12:30-13:15

Lunch

Afternoon session moderated by David Dillon and Robin McGuire, Committee members

13:15-13:45

Lisa Block, Bureau of Reclamation
Deep injection of brine and monitored induced seismicity in Paradox Valley

13:45-14:15

Philip Dellinger, Environmental Protection Agency
Summary of EPA’s current work with induced seismicity issues

14:15-14:50

Shawn Maxwell, Schlumberger
Overview of hydraulic fracture mapping

14:50-15:00

Break

15:00-15:40

Rob Finley, Illinois State Geological Survey
Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium—Overview of approaches to induced seismicity

15:40-16:15

Steve Melzer, Melzer Consulting
Tertiary production and CO₂ enhanced oil recovery including conceptual risk of injection, reservoir surveillance, and sequestration monitoring

16:15-16:45

Wrap-up discussion      Moderated by Murray Hitzman

End of Open Session

DAY TWO

07:45-09:45     CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY

10:00-13:00

OPEN SESSION—PUBLIC WELCOME TO ATTEND

10:00-10:10

Introductory Remarks     Murray Hitzman, Committee chair

10:10-12:00

Panel discussion      Moderated by Julie Shemeta, Committee member

Werner Heigl, Apache Corporation
Jamie Rich, Devon Energy

12:00-13:00

Lunch

End of open session

13:00-17:00     CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE AND NRC STAFF ONLY

DAY THREE

07:30-12:00     CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY

End of meeting

DAY ONE

08:00-09:30     CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY

09:30-10:45     OPEN SESSION—PUBLIC WELCOME

09:30-09:40

Welcome and Introductory Remarks     Murray Hitzman, Committee Chair

09:40-10:00

Allyson Anderson, Professional staff, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

10:00-10:15

Jay Braitsch, Department of Energy—Fossil Energy

10:15-10:30

Jay Nathwani, Department of Energy—Geothermal Technologies Program

10:30-10:45

General discussion

10:45-11:00

Break

End Open Session

11:00-20:00     CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY

DAY TWO

07:45-13:00     CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY

End of meeting