ucgp UPDATE


Quarterly Newsletter for Members of the UCG Partnership

ISSUE 14, October 2009

5th International Conference on

Underground Coal Gasification

Deloitte, New Street Square, London

23rd -24th March 2010

Drinks Reception and Networking Dinner at The Tower Hotel

Please submit your Abstracts by the 30th October 2009

Hear from the world’s leading UCG experts and foremost practioners

The 5th definitive conference on Underground Coal Gasification, Our flagship

two day event will reflect the increased level of global interest, activity, research and studies plus news on

all the existing and emerging UCG projects. We address the relevant issues and challenges facing the UCG

community and provide the only high-level forum for exchange of information and expertise. The programme

will cover the important topics of UCG clean coal technology from gasification to carbon capture and

storage. We bring together many of the foremost practitioners of this technology from around the world in

a comprehensive programme that aims to inform and enlighten all to the opportunity and potential of UCG

technology. This event offers unparalleled networking for all in UCG.

Workshop Day

A full programme of topics including: UCG – CCS, Mathematical Monitoring, Coiled Tube Drilling Techniques,

Public Perception plus research news from around the world.

Conference Day

The UCGP Conference provides the most up to date reports on UCG projects and studies from around the

world, plus a review of UCG Partnership activities and plans for the coming twelve months and the

opportunity to network with the most prominent in the UCG community.

Speakers already confirmed include participants from: Russia, Europe,

Australia, Zambia and USA.

Please submit your abstracts soon if you would like to be included in

the proceedings, this event offers a great marketing and information

platform

The full programme has yet to be finalised, so watch out for updates and announcements on the website:

www.ucgp.com/conference or contact Julie Lauder, julie.lauder@ucgp.com

After many requests from Members and conference attendees we will be holding our First Networking

Dinner. The cost of the dinner, which includes wine is £100.00 per head. Pre dinner drinks and canapés

at a private reception in Tower Hotels XI, with stunning views of Tower Bridge, followed by a Three Course

Dinner,Coffee and Petit Fours, VAT is also included.

Places are limited to 100 so book early – non conference attendees welcome.

Not a member? Join Today! If you or one of your colleagues would

like to join us we offer not only the chance to add your voice to a

growing number working in the same sector but opportunity

to engage in projects at an early stage.

Conference Reception and

Dinner - Tower Hotel,

London 23rd March

UCG gas for power generation

Our Senior Adviser, Ken Fergusson, at the invitation

of the editor of the journal “Modern Power Systems”,

wrote an article which was published in the August

issue, under the headline: “A cleaner, cheaper,

indigenous fuel for combined cycle plants”. Its timing

has proved to be fortuitous, coinciding with a number

of consultations and commentaries on energy

planning in UK.

Most recently, the Committee on Climate Change, that

lack of plans to build sufficient wind and clean coal to

meet low-carbon generation targets brought the risk

that power suppliers would opt to build more gas-fired

plants using imported fuel. This is the opportunity for

UCG to be seen as a substitute or supplementary

fuel for these CCGT’s. The article is available on the

UCGP website

New Members

UCGP warmly welcome the following new members:

Imperial College, London

Keele University

Carbones del Cerrejon Ltd, Bogota, Colombia

Peel Energy Limited, Manchester, UK

Riverside Energy Limited, Victoria, Australia

Travel and Accommodation

The Tower Hotel, London – *Book by 31st December 2009

UCGP have again secured special rates* for conference delegates at this 4 star London Hotel, situated close to the

Conference & Workshop venue, with stunning views of some of London’s most historic landmarks. They offer a variety of

décor styles and room choices to suit all tastes, both modern and traditional, prices are excellent and £20.00 lower than last

year!

Prices: Per night.

Deluxe Rooms: £155.00 inclusive of VAT and English breakfast

Executive Rooms at £185.00 inclusive of VAT and English breakfast

Premier Executive Rooms at £205.00 inclusive of VAT and English breakfast

There will be a £10 supplement for double occupancy to cover the second breakfasts

http://www.guoman.com/the-tower/

To Book please contact: mark.willsher@grosvenortm.co.uk

UCGP are delighted to personally recommend the services of Grosvenor Travel Management, a leading global travel

advisory firm, enabling small and medium size organisations to enjoy the benefit of travel and hotel rates normally only

available to large corporates. For excellent personal service and a no obligation quote for travel costs, hotel rates, ground

arrangements and more please contact Mark Willsher: mark.willsher@grosvenortm.co.uk

It is advisable to book early

Numbers are limited and places will go quickly

Please advise if you would like to take up the showcase opportunity at

the conference – free to all members

UCGP International Conference on Underground Coal

Gasification and Bloodwood Creek site visit, Australia

2010.

We will be holding a second event in Brisbane, Australia in October/November 2010, date to be finalised, and our first major

event outside of the UK. The event will include presentations and updates from many of our Australia members as well as

global updates and will continue the related work from the recent Clean Coal Networking mission. A key feature of the event

will be a site visit to the Carbon Energy Bloodwood Creek UCG facility, a must for all in UCG and associated technologies.

We are already speaking with many who have expressed an interest in taking part in both events but welcome suggestions

and input from members and affiliates, especially if you have any contacts who may be interested in the opportunity of

sponsorship.

As yet no decision has been made as to whether both events will be free to UCGP members or if there will be a need to

charge an attendance fee, hence the interest in sponsors. It may be that both events will be free of charge but a charge may

be made for networking events. We will keep you all updated on progress of both events and hope that you will look forward

to them with as much excitement as us.

More details will follow as soon as they become available.

Not a member? Join Today! If you or one of your colleagues would

like to join us we offer not only the chance to add your voice to a

growing number working in the same sector but opportunity

to engage in projects at an early stage.

News from Around the World

AUSTRALIA

Carbon Energy Low-emissions Coal Project

Moves Closer

Mon, July 20, 2009

Carbon Energy has signed a commercial offtake contract with

Ergon Energy for electricity produced at Carbon Energy’s

Bloodwood Creek facility, located in the Surat Basin, Queensland.

The first electricity from the 5 megawatt (MW) syngas-powered

facility is expected to flow into the local grid by the end of 2009,

and the facility will generate enough power to supply

approximately 4,000 homes per year.

The contract follows the success of Carbon Energy’s trial of the

underground coal gasification technology developed in

conjunction with Australia’s CSIRO. Carbon Energy managing

director Andrew Dash said they are moving forward with plans

for an additional 20 MW power station at the Bloodwood Creek

location for 2010. The second power plant is aimed to allow the

company to demonstrate carbon capture and potentially carbon

storage.

Liberty, Clean Global in syngas deal

22-July-09 by Edited announcement

Subiaco-based Liberty Resources has signed an agreement with

private company Clean Global Energy to develop an underground

coal gasification project in Queensland.

Part of the announcement is below:

Liberty Resources Limited (“Liberty”) is pleased to announce that

it has signed a Heads of Agreement with Clean Global Energy

Pty Ltd (“CGE”) for development of an Underground Coal Gasification

(“UCG”) project in the Surat Basin, Queensland. Following

a review, CGE will be able to earn up to a 60% interest in an

agreed tenement by undertaking UCG exploration.

Subject to regulatory approval, CGE will then construct a pilot

plant initially producing 1PJ per annum of syngas expanding to

50PJ per annum. Liberty will have an initial free-carried interest.

Liberty’s Bentley (EPCA1736) and Goondalah (EPCA 1735)

tenements are to be reviewed. Other tenements in the Surat may

subsequently be considered.

Following initial production of syngas, Liberty and CGE will enter

into a joint venture to pilot 50PJ per annum of syngas. Liberty will

have a 30% interest and CGE a 70% interest in the joint venture.

Liberty will contribute in accordance with its 30% interest from

signing the JV. Liberty is working towards supplying affordable

gas and power, and at the same time offering a unique opportunity

to reduce Australia’s level of CO2 emissions. Liberty has

extensive tenements including those with coal at depths greater

then 700m below the surface. Gasification (steaming) of deep

coal seams creates deep chambers suitable for storing CO2.

At depth CO2 becomes a liquid - held securely by the Earth’s

pressure.

Carbon Energy Low-Emissions Coal Project

Moves Closer 2

Posted July 24, 2009 Sourced From Pennenergy.com

Sydney - Wednesday - July 22: (RWE Australian Business News)

- Carbon Energy Ltd (ASX:CNX) today announced “a major step

forward” towards what would be Australia’s first demonstration

of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) using Carbon Capture

and Storage (CCS) technology, with the signing of an agreement

between Carbon Energy and ZeroGen.

The agreement signals the first phase of a CO2 injection test

program which will see Carbon Energy combine its UCG

technology with ZeroGen’s techniques for CO2 injection.

Directors say ZeroGen is developing the world’s first

commercial- scale demonstration of another low-emissions coal

technology - Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) with

CCS - and has been conducting a highly advanced CO2 storage

exploration program in the Northern Denison Trough (NDT), near

Springsure in central Queensland, since 2006. Captured CO2

from the Carbon Energy UCG plant will be transported by

ZeroGen for injection and storage up to 2km underground in the

NDT, which has already been found to have suitable geology to

safely and securely store large quantities of CO2.

This test will demonstrate the technical viability of producing

low-emission electricity from UCG. Successfully combining

Carbon Energy’s UCG technology and ZeroGen’s CO2 injection

capability means that coal-fired electricity emissions could be

reduced by up to two thirds.

July 27th 2009

Carbon Energy (CNX) has executed a deal to joint venture a 338

million tonne inferred thermal Coal Resource in Queensland’s

Galilee Basin. It will hold 80% of the Joint Venture and will be

the operator, Liberty Resources (ASX: LBY) will contribute

the tenements holding the coal resource into the JV. Using

Underground Coal Gasification (UCG), a number of coal

resources in the Galilee Basin have potential to be monetised.

Already, Carbon Energy has Queensland Government policy

approval for a UCG plant at one of its tenements in the

Surat Basin. Carbon Energy has signed a Heads of Agreement

(HoA) with Liberty Resources (ASX: LBY) to establish a joint venture

to develop Liberty’s 338 million tonne thermal coal inferred

resource in the Galilee Basin.

The optimal development of the resource will be evaluated by

Carbon, using its expertise in Underground Coal Gasification.

In addition, Carbon will:

- Apply for a Mineral Development Licence to undertake a trial

- Design and construct a trial project

- Conduct feasibility studies into the following commercial opportunities:

power generation, synthetic natural gas production,

chemical production, liquid fuel production; and

- Design and construction of commercial scale underground coal

gasification facility.

Liberty holds two granted Exploration Permits for Coal (“EPC”)

and an overlying Mining Development License Application

(“MDLA”) in the Galilee basin and has assessed these EPCs’

to contain a JORC compliant estimate of 338 million tonnes of

inferred coal resource.

The coal resource is open in all directions and is expected to

increase significantly with exploration drilling. Liberty will

contribute 100% of the EPC’s into the joint venture. Liberty will

be free carried through the initial assessment and trial phase

which will involve some exploration drilling and the establishment

of a trial plant capable of producing initially 1 and then 40 PJ per

annum of syngas. The two parties will thereafter contribute to the

joint venture in proportion to their pro-rata interest.

Carbon Energy can elect to establish additional 40 PJ per

annum Pilots under the Agreement with Liberty. At this stage

4 other Areas of interest have been identified by Liberty.

Currently, the Queensland government policy provides for three

UCG operations in Queensland, including Carbon Energy’s

existing MDL 374 at Bloodwood Creek in the Surat Basin. The

Joint Venture will seek to obtain Government approval and

negotiate terms with the overlapping tenement holders in order to

progress this development. These discussions are anticipated to

take approximately 12 months to conclude.

Linc raises $77.4m for SA plant

CAMERON ENGLAND

August 05, 2009 11:45am

LINC Energy has raised $77.4 million to accelerate the design of

its first South Australian gas to liquids plant.

The Brisbane company announced this week it had raised

the money to progress the development of its projects in SA,

Queensland, the U.S. and Vietnam. Linc announced plans late

last year to invest up to $1 billion building several coal to liquids

plants in the State’s far north.

The money raised this week will be used to accelerate drilling in

SA, as well as the design of the initial 20,000 barrel per day plant.

It would also be used to ``accelerate site selection, feasibility

engineering and design for the first commercial underground coal

gasification has filed operation within the company’s South Australian

tenements’’. In a $104 million deal, Linc last year merged

with Adelaide energy company Sapex, which owned leases in the

Arckaringa coal fields between Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta.

The capital raising was made up of a $57.4 million institutional

share placement and a $20 million share purchase plan, open to

shareholders registered at the close of business today, Sydney

time. Shareholders will be eligible to subscribe for up to $15,000

worth of shares at a price of $1.40. Linc shares were trading at

$1.46 in early trade.

WA company bids to clean up coal

Cortlan Bennett August 22, 2009 06:00pm

WHILE news focussed on Gorgon’s $50 billion LNG sale to China

this week, another WA company was quietly working its own

energy deals with the Asian giant.

ASX-listed International Resource Holdings has signed two

memoranda of understanding for underground coal gasification

projects in Inner Mongolia. The MOUs which will work towards a

joint venture agreement over the next six months were signed in

conjunction with IRH’s reverse-acquisition partner, Clean

Global Energy, and British partner, Goldbridge Clean Technology.

Underground coal gasification is similar to coal seam gas

extraction. Hot air is pumped underground into a coal seam

which vaporises the coal. The resulting fuel gas is then piped

above ground where it is collected and stored.

Up to 70 per cent of the underground coal is vaporised, leaving

an empty chamber which can be used for carbon sequestration

effectively a zero-pollution, closed-loop process. IRH/CGE and

Goldbridge will provide the technology to two separate Chinese

consortia with coal deposits in Inner Mongolia. In the first

agreement, Guo Xin Mining will develop a 2 billion tonne coal

resource with its partner Beijing Yusenjiayu Environmental

Protection Technology, which will provide environmental solutions

to the project. In the second, CECIC Chongqing Industry will

develop a 900 million tonne resource.

Coal-gas plan for Mid-West power

Cortlan Bennett, Business Editor

September 12, 2009 06:00pm

A SOLUTION to the power supply problems of WA’s Mid-West

may be right underfoot

Eneabba Gas is sitting on about 300 million tonnes of coal near

the port town of Dongara, 350km north of Perth. In April, it sold

its exploration tenements to Queensland-based Carbon Energy in

return for a 5 per cent stake in the underground coal gasification

company, plus a 30-year contract to supply up to 45 terajoules of

syngas a day to fire its turbines.

Eneabba Gas managing director Mark Babidge said the ``clean

coal-gas’’ deal would be complemented by 1200ha of native

conservation and tree plantings to offset carbon emissions.

``We’re already on track with the development,’’ Mr Babidge said.

``We have all our approvals in place and we have the underground

coal gasification as a fuel. ``We already have an offset _

we’ll almost be carbon neutral. ``We have the flexibility, we have

the fuel at a low price, we have the emissions (offsets) at a low

price, we can save (mining companies) a huge amount of capital

and the Government doesn’t have to put its hand in its pocket.

`We even have the capacity in the local area network if needs

be to service Geraldton and Oakajee Port with one turbine as a

support.’’

Cougar Energy scores A$8M for underground coal

gasification

September 15, 2009

Australian firm plans to use the money to complete construction

of its UCG demonstration project in Queensland.

Melbourne, Australia’s Cougar Energy (ASX:CXY) said today

a new private placement will allow it to finish construction and

launch pre-production operations of a project in Queensland,

Australia, using underground coal gasification (UCG) technology.

The Kingaroy UCG project is expected to provide samples for

testing to prove the technology works at commercial scale.

Cougar Energy is designing its first commercial facility, the

Kingaroy Power Plant, at the same site. Cougar is also

developing a potential UCG project in the Gippsland Basin

in Victoria with Ignite Energy Resources. Cougar Energy closed

on A$8.29 million (US$7.16 million) in a private placement from

institutional investors in Australia and the United States last week,

representing the first time international investors have

participated. In addition, the company announced today its first

share purchase plan to raise up to A$6 million. The new capital is

also expected to fund its drilling programs at other project sites

Liberty reports increase in thermal coal resource

September 22, 2009

LIBERTY Resources has reported a huge increase in thermal

coal resource from its coal projects. The Queensland

underground coal gasification company has announced a rise

from 338 million tonnes to 3.1 billion tonnes. Liberty has five

coal projects in proximity, toward its plan to gasify the deep coal

resource and produce Syngas. One of the projects is a joint venture

with Carbon Energy. Andrew Haythorpe says this significant

inferred resource increase still only represents a small area of

Liberty’s total project potential.

Haythorpe says the coal quality in the basins covered by the

Liberty tenements, is believed ideal for in-situ conversion to liquid

fuels and power generation. However all types of coal are being

evaluated for their suitability for UCG.

A group of residents wants a South Burnett mining

project stopped because of environmental

concerns.

Cougar Energy has started work on production plant that will

burn coal underground near Kingaroy. The company plans to

build a 400 megawatt power station if its trial is successful.

But residents near the site say they have not been consulted and

the company has not completed an environmental impact statement

(EIS) on the project. Spokesman Damian O’Sullivan says

they are worried about how the UCG plant will affect water and

air quality. “One of the things is that there’s quite a lot of people

getting water supplies from less than 600 metres away from this

project and this certainly hasn’t been considered in the environmental

authority report that the EPA [Environmental Protection

Agency] have done,” he said.

“So potentially there’s a huge number, hundreds of people who

could be affected if their water supplies aren’t available.”

Cougar Energy’s John Henderson says the company is not

required to complete an EIS for a trial project.

“We are operating under an environmental authority which has

something like 130 very strict conditions and these conditions

cover air quality, water quality, noise vibration, there’s a number of

criteria we have to comply with,” he said.

Cougar Energy shows off its UCG project

13 October 2009

COUGAR Energy opened the doors of its underground coal

gasification (UCG) project to Kingaroy residents on the 12 October

2009. The company says the tour was designed to allay the

public’s fears about the project. The group assured attendees that

the development is safe for both humans and the environment.

The tour was followed with a presentation, which provided the

community will factual and relevant information.

QLD coal boom back, it seems coal is the new black

20th July 2009

QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) chief executive

Michael Roche , has predicted that boom times are ahead for the

coal mining industry. The gloom that gripped the industry in

December and January had been replaced by a wave of

optimism based on a surge of demand from China and

emerging Asian markets.

Roche says that the industry is recruiting again and that both

production and exports are up. He also claims that there is

no shortage of investment cash to develop a host of new coal

projects in Central Queensland. The QRC says that 30% of coal

leaving Gladstone in the June quarter went to China, where

economic growth continues to be strong and there is an insatiable

demand for electricity to supply the fast-growing cities. Major

global forecasts pointed to continued strengthening in China and

a slow but steady recover in Europe and Japan.

Roche says that the focus at QREX over the next five days would

be on attracting people to the industry. He expects coal production

will double in the next 20 years. Roche claims that although

it had been a difficult year, the royalties to the State Government

from mining in 2009/10 would be the second highest on record at

$1.8 billion.

Funding for Drilling Exploration Cooperative Research

Centres.

Australian Mining 10 August 2009
by Michael Mills

Federal Innovation Minister Kim Carr announced a $28 million

grant on Friday aimed at boosting research into faster, deeper

mineral exploration drilling techniques. The funding is part

of larger $243 million investment into Cooperative Research

Centres (CRC), AAP reports.The Government has set up Deep

Exploration CRC to counter the low rate of success in mineral

exploration and rising production costs. According to Senator

Carr, the researchers will examine deeper drilling techniques

across the “vast areas of Australia that are known to be prospective

for minerals.The research undertaken by these CRC’s will

deliver significant social, environmental and economic benefits to

Australia,” he said.

The funding also included $17.5 million towards a new CRC to investigate

the viability of gas pipelines.According to Senator Carr,

the researchers will examine deeper drilling techniques across

the “vast areas of Australia that are known to be prospective for

minerals.” The research undertaken by these CRC’s will deliver

significant social, environmental and economic benefits to Australia,”

he said. The funding also included $17.5 million towards a

new CRC to investigate the viability of gas pipelines.

The race for resources between UCG and CSG

23 July 2009

The technologies behind coal seam gas (CSG) and underground

coal gasification (UCG) are poised to revolutionise Australia’s

coal mining and energy industries by offering cleaner power

station fuel alternatives to coal. However CSG and UCG

are potentially in conflict over the same land, prompting

tenure access issues and also the question: can the

Australian energy market support only one of these developing

technologies?

Queensland is leading Australia in the practical realisation of

CSG and UCG and the Queensland Government looks set to

be the first to attempt to resolve the conflicts between CSG and

UCG proponents.CSG occurs naturally within a coal seam and

can be extracted as an alternative energy source. In 2007, CSG

supplied 75% of Queensland’s gas market and by 2008 the total

Australian market for CSG was increasing at the rate of 4% pa.

To date, conflicts between CSG and other mining interests have

been resolved through prioritising tenures and by requiring

co-operation between coal and CSG producers in overlapping

tenures. UCG’s entry into the energy market place has added

further complexity to this balance act because it involves the in

situ burning of coal into a synthetic gas (syngas) which is suitable

for power generation and coal-to-liquid fuel conversion.

So, the two technologies are incompatible to the extent that UCG

producers are looking to burn the coal resources from which CSG

producers want to extract gas.Competition in the power industry,

a shift towards gas as a preferred cleaner fuel and the potential

introduction of an emissions trading scheme all encourage the

commercial development of UCG. The benefit of UCG over CSG

is that it combines the low fuel cost attributed to coal with the

power generation efficiency attributable to natural gas.

UCG also allows economically or geographically

inaccessible coal reserves to be exploited and so has the

potential to significantly increase global coal reserves.Although

UCG has not yet been commercially proven or exploited, Linc Energy

has successfully gasified 35,000t of coal at their pilot plant

near Chinchilla in Queensland and two other UCG projects are in

the planning stages for Queensland. At a global level, research

on the UCG technology is underway in the US, UK, South Africa,

China, Vietnam and India.Tenure overlapsIn Queensland, CSG

tenures are issued under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and

Safety) Act and tenures for UCG are issued under the Mineral

Resources Act.

To date, only exploration tenures and mineral development

licences (MDL) for UCG have been awarded in Queensland.

This position is likely to prevail for the foreseeable future given

the Queensland Government UCG Policy issued in February

2009 (Policy).The Policy is the preliminary step to resolving the

competing demands of UCG and CSG producers for the same

land and resources. It provides existing UCG pilot projects with

an opportunity to demonstrate the viability of the process, while

minimising any impact on CSG production investment. It does

this by approving the Linc Energy, Cougar Energy and Carbon

Energy UCG pilot projects currently underway in Queensland on

MDLs. Where these MDLs overlap with petroleum tenures,

preference will be given to the MDLs, effectively sterilising the

area covered by each MDL from further petroleum tenure

applications.Quoting public interest grounds, the Policy provides

that no other UCG pilot projects will be approved prior to

conclusion of the pilot phase (30 June 2011), unless the Minister

uses his discretion to approve additional projects that have ‘a

strong ability to further demonstrate the efficacy of the UCG

technology’.

Further, applications to upgrade an exploration permits for coal

(EPC) to an MDL (a necessary stage in the UCG process) for

UCG will not be considered before 30 June 2011. However, the

Policy recognises that current EPC holders may want to position

themselves advantageously if UCG technology is given the green

light. Until 19 Feb 2010, any EPC holder not subject to petroleum

tenure overlap may nominate an area within the EPC (called an

EPS) as future possible UCG tenure. An EPS sterilises the area

for any other tenure applications which will result in no further

CSG applications being approved on overlapping EPC tenure

until 18 February 2010 to allow EPC holders an opportunity to

nominate an EPS.

The legislative challenge of regulating UCG and CSG is not

only valid for Queensland. The Carbon Energy agreement with

Eneabba Gas Limited indicates Western Australia may soon host

the UCG industry. The additional pressure on the Victorian brown

coal industry to invest in clean coal technologies could also

be resolved through UCG but economic development requires

certainty for investment in trial technologies.The future for UCG

and CSG?A mines department report on the viability of UCG is

to be presented to the Queensland Cabinet no later than 2012. If

the report is unfavourable to UCG, on-going constraints or even

prohibition of UCG activities could be recommended.

The Policy does not give certainty to either current UCG

investment beyond what already exists, or expansion of CSG

interests in areas where UCG is also an option. Imposition of

public interest considerations indicate that the government is not

disposed to encourage UCG investment. Uncertainty will continue

until the policy is enshrined in legislation, which will be 2012 at

the earliest, so the advice for now is ….watch this space. Denis

Gately, Partner Minter Ellison

Canada

Nordic Oil and Gas acquires P & NG rights on onehalf

section of land in Drumheller, Alberta

WINNIPEG, Oct. 1 /CNW/

Donald Benson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nordic

Oil and Gas Ltd. (“Nordic” or the “Company”) today announced

that the Company, in conjunction with its joint venture partner,

Western Warner Oils Ltd. (“Western Warner”) has acquired the

Petroleum and Natural Gas (P & NG) rights on one-half section

of its land in Drumheller, Alberta. The rights are from the surface

to the base of the Belly River zone. Nordic will immediately be

moving to arrange for pooling of its newly acquired interest with

the owner of the remainder of the land.

“This is an important step for the Company in the process to

develop our Drumheller property,” Mr. Benson stated. “This will

enable us to move forward on the Underground Coal Gasification

(UCG) project that we announced in July of this year.

“It is a requirement for us to own both the P & NG and the Coal

rights in order for us to proceed on the UCG project,” he added.

China

Chinese firm set for UCG project?

Pub. Date: 8/12/2009 3:55:32 PM

One of China’s largest energy firms could be set to explore the

possibility of working on underground coal gasification (UCG)

projects in the country.

The China Huaneng Group has signed a memorandum of

understanding with Duke Energy which will see the two share

information on coal gasification schemes as well as renewable

technologies. Huang Yongda, vice-president of the Chinese firm,

said: “China Huaneng Group has been attaching great importance

to emission reduction and clean energy development, and

has made great achievements on that.”

The firm is looking forward to sharing information and jointly

promoting the development of clean energy, he added.

Duke Energy is currently working on a coal gasification plant in

Edwardsport in the US.

The facility will be able to generate 630-megawatts of power

when it comes into service.

Green Technology: China Means Business

by Lilian Luca, The Beijing Axis - Edited version

A substantial portion of the Chinese government’s stimulus

package, more than a third in fact, has been earmarked for

projects that would either, directly or indirectly, have a positive

environmental impact. Two broad tendencies are clearly visible:

the diversification of energy resources to include renewable

resources such as solar and wind; and efforts to reduce the

adverse effects of China’s main energy input, coal.

This brings us to the forefront of cleaner coal technologies

– underground coal gasification (UGS) and carbon capture

and sequestration (CCS) – as yet unproven technologies that

are being developed in advanced economies around the world

as solutions to global warming and pollution. China is actively

conducting pilots schemes using both these technologies – 10

pilot projects in UGS and two pilot projects in CCS are currently

either under construction or in operation. The trends suggest that

China is really serious about utilising advanced technologies in

gaining efficiency and decreasing the environmental impact of

energy generation.

Hungary

Friday, September 04, 2009

Wildhorse Energy (ASX: WHE) has decided to push out from its

uranium focus in Hungary, with a deal to acquire coal assets in

southern Hungary. Although the coal assets to be acquired, are in

proximity to Wildhorse’s Pecs uranium project, Unlisted Australian

company Peak Coal, holds the rights to substantial coal assets

in southern Hungary, with potential for underground coal

gasification (UCG) has agreed to be acquired by Wildhorse.

Peak Coal’s tenements have an exploration target of 1 – 1.25 billion

tonnes of coal. Although not a JORC resource, drilling will be

undertaken to define the resource. Peak holds both coal and coal

bed methane (CBM) exploration rights to 306km² of the Mecsek

coal formation. Uhde Shedden, a division of the large

international engineering firm Thysen Kryupp, are currently

completing a scoping study based upon the potential

development of a UCG production facility on Peak’s license area.

Hungary is chronically short of power and currently imports

nearly 80% of its domestic gas requirements (mainly from

Russia). And is a net importer of electricity and together with

nearby countries import 60 – 80% of their gas requirements.

Brett Mitchell executive director of Wildhorse said wholesale gas

prices in Hungary are approximately 3 times higher than they are

in Australia, auguring well for the company.

Mitchell said Wildhorse proposes to acquire 100% of Peak’s

issued capital through the issue of 1 Wildhorse share for every

3 Peak shares. The same ratio will also apply to Peak options.

This will result in 36.71m new Wildhorse shares and 23.97m new

Wildhorse options being issued to Peak shareholders and option

holders. He said Wildhorse shareholders will vote on the deal in

mid November. Meanwhile, Wildhorse is developing its Pécs

uranium project in Southern Hungary, which has an existing

JORC inferred resource of 17MT at 0.08% U3O8 for 30Mlbs

of U3O8.

India

Strict Norms for Underground Coal Gasification in

India

The coal ministry has notified strict guidelines for carrying out

underground coal gasification in India.Underground coal

gasification (UCG) enables the coal to be converted into gas

(producer or syngas). UCG is an in-situ gasification process

carried out in non-mined coal seams using injection of oxidants,

and bringing the gas to surface through production wells drilled

from the surface. The gas could to be used as a chemical

feedstock or as fuel for power generation. In addition to offering

a method of using coal which sometimes could not be otherwise

mined, the UCG has less environmental and social impact. For

coal gasification in India, time ceilings have been announced to

ensure that syngas production from these captive blocks commence

within 36-42 months from the date of issue of letter of

allocation. Any slippage in these deadlines could lead to serious

penalties including forfeiting of bank guarantees.

ONGC gears for coal gasification project

Maulik Pathak / Ahmedabad August 21, 2009, 0:58 IST

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is gearing up for gas

production at India’s first underground coal gasification (UCG)

project on a pilot basis at Vastan Mine Block near Surat in

Gujarat. The field is expected to produce about 5.5 lakh cubic

metres of synthetic gas per day by end of 2010.

Once it achieves success in this pilot project, ONGC — which is

the main operator for the field — aims to go commercial by

producing about 2 billion cubic metres of the synthetic gas per

annum from this field by 2013-2014, a senior company official

close to the development said. The investment for commercial

rollout of the project would be in the range of Rs 1,000-2,000

crore and the field has enough reserves to last for about 30-40

years, sources said. Apart from Vastan Field, ONGC is also

looking to set up a UCG project at Bhavnagar in Gujarat and in

Rajasthan, too. The calorific value of synthetic gas is 10

times lower than natural gas.

From the Indian Government

100 days action plan of coal ministry: the road so far…

Agenda 5: Publishing guidelines for Underground Coal

gasification projects. Status: Achieved

Government notified coal gasification (both surface and underground)

as end use under captive mining policy for allotment of

blocks to potential entrepreneurs. It was felt at that time that being

a new activity/ technology, operational guidelines were required

to be framed for proper exploitation of coal blocks under UCG.

Fulfilling its promise, coal ministry prepared a set of guidelines to

facilitate, benefit and guide the new entrepreneurs spearheading

this technology in India.

Coal gasification project worth Rs 2,400 cr on anvil

Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar October 13, 2009, 0:58 IST

A Rs 2,400-crore surface coal gasification project planned by

Coal India Ltd (CIL) and GAIL India is expected to move forward,

as both the public sector companies have agreed to open a new

round of negotiations soon on the project.

“We are going to have a fresh round of talks with GAIL soon on

the project. CIL and GAIL will form a 50:50 joint venture for the

project,” a top CIL official told Business Standard. The project has

not made any significant headway since the signing of the

Memorandum of Understanding between CIL and GAIL India in

January 2008. A coal block at Talcher Coalfields under the

command area of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a

subsidiary of CIL, had been identified for this surface-based

coal gasification project.

The process of exploration of the coal block identified for the

project would take around 18 months to be completed.

Following the completion of exploration, the relevant data

collected would be submitted to a premier mining institute in

Russia which would act as the consultant for the gasification

project. The coal reserves in the identified block and cost of the

project would be ascertained after the completion of the

exploration work.

CIL had also planned an underground coal gasification project

with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The block

identified was spread over four sq km and located in the

command area of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL), a subsidiary of

CIL. The MoU was in 2007 and the two entities were set to sign a

pact for a 50:50 joint venture. While CIL would offer a coal block

for the project, ONGC would decide the technology to be used.

Pakistan

Four projects of 2450 MW approved; govt to invest

Rs80bn in five years on infrastructure.

Sunday, August 23, 2009. By Imtiaz Ali

KARACHI: The Thar Coal and Energy Board (TCEB) has

approved four Thar coal reserves projects to generate up to 2,450

megawatt (MW) power, whose capacity would be increased up

to 10,000 MW by year 2020, to meet the growing energy needs

of the country. This was decided in the fourth TCEB meeting,

presided over by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the

Chief Minister House here on Saturday.

Addressing a joint press conference at the Chief Minister

House, Qaim Ali Shah, Minister for Water and Power Raja

Pervez Ashraf and Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the

Planning Commission (PC) would set up 50 MW underground

gasification plants, to be completed within a year by using

“indigenous technology” with help of nuclear scientist Dr Samar

Mubarakmand. They said the Engro would set up a 1,000 MW

power plant, which would be a joint venture of the Sindh

government and the Engro.

They said Pepco would establish a 1,000 MW gasification

plant. A private firm, Coujar, would also set up a 400 MW

gasification plant, they added. Tarin said both the federal

and provincial governments would invest Rs 80 billion on

infrastructure development in Thar in two to five years to facilitate

investors for utilising 185 billion metric tonnes of coal there.

He said diesel and fertiliser could also be made through

underground gasification.

South Africa

Eskom eyes solar power, gas from coal

Wed Oct 7, 2009 1:34pm GMT

Steve Lennon, Eskom’s Managing Director for Corporate

Services, said projects would take shape next year.

“You will be seeing the timing of big renewables, the timing of

nuclear, you will be seeing more certainty on underground coal

gasification ... first quarter next year you will see a lot of things

come together,” Lennon told Reuters in an interview. While South

Africa will depend on coal for some time to come, Eskom plans to

replace old plants, which it will start decomissioning from 2025,

with more efficient technologies to reduce its carbon dioxide

emissions, now at 230 million tonnes.

Lennon said Eskom was designing a 42-megawatt pilot plant to

test a technology to gasify deep coal deposits underground and

feed the gas into a combined cycle gas turbine. It then plans to

scale up the project to a 2,100 MW plant. “A full-scale (2,100

MW) plant, everything going well, could be running around

2015-16,” he said. Eskom has long been investing in cheap and

reliable plants based on coal, but Lennon said the cost of a

kilowatt hour from underground coal gasification could be as

cheap or even cheaper.

United Kingdom

Kirkcaldy sites earmarked for ‘green’ power station

23 July 2009 By David Blackwood

A NEW green power station may be located in Kirkcaldy.

The Frances Colliery site at Dysart and the Seafield area have

been suggested as two possible locations for the development,

which is being undertaken by Aberdeen firm Thornton New

Energy Ltd. The planned power station will use coal gasification

technology, a technique which turns coal into gas underground,

uses it to generate electricity and pumps the resulting carbon

emissions back underground.

Alan Borrowman, director for surface facilities and process, said

that although the company favoured Frances Colliery as a site

for the development, Methil was also being considered. However,

he said the area did not have a high quality of coal due to the

proximity to extinct volcanos like Largo Law which changed it

into almost pure carbon. Past volcanic activity also disrupts coal

seams making it more difficult to drill.

He said: “Underground coal gasification is a new way of getting

coal, but it doesn’t involve mining. It converts the power more

efficiently than other power stations. “You have to change the way

you think about power stations, because we don’t have turbines

and chimneys. We wouldn’t have chimneys because there are no

emissions. We don’t have coal heaps and ash handling.

“There shouldn’t be much noise and there won’t be road traffic,

as it will all be done through pipes.” He added that the company’s

licence allows it to drill a certain distance from Fife’s shores, and

they would consider putting a drilling rig in the Firth of Forth in

order to access the high quality coal there. He said: “We haven’t

finalised our plans yet. If we find another suitable site somewhere

over towards Methil that would be considered as we favour

brownfield sites.

“We are very conscious of it being a community project and we

don’t want to be disturbing people with drilling and light pollution.

We don’t want to keep people up at night.”

Mr Borrowman added that the power stations’ by-products would

be used for a variety of different uses such as making chemicals

and plastics, and that even waste heat could be used to heat

greenhouses on local farms. Thornton New Energy intends to

start drilling at one of the suggested sites in 18 months time,

following surveys to find the best quality coal. Robin Presswood,

development manager for business and strategy in Fife Council’s

development services, said the Council was committed to

working with Thornton New Energy.

He said: “It’s an exciting new idea and we are keen to work with

the company as it develops this pioneering new clean energy

technology. “It’s something which adds significantly to Fife’s reputation

as a centre for clean energy. We are keen on helping them

explore their potential. “It isn’t renewable energy, but it is certainly

clean energy because we have the potential to put the carbon

dioxide back into the ground. It can certainly help with climate

change.” He also added such a development could provide a

potential 200 jobs for the area.

Waste2Tricity Names Arbon Board Chair

Jul 17, 2009

The board of Waste2Tricity on July 15 announced the

appointment of Professor Ian Arbon, CEng, CEnv as chair.

Arbon’s appointment coincides with the news of a proposed joint

venture to bring together the most efficient technology to convert

coal into electricity combining new generation fuel cells with

underground coal gasification (UCG),Thornton New Energy Ltd

and Waste2Tricity Ltd have signed a memorandum of

understanding.

Also allowing for the capture of carbon dioxide

as part of the process, the proposed joint venture is the United

Kingdom’s first commercial application to generate clean

electricity from coal, combining new generation AFC Energy fuel

cells with UCG and other proven technologies. The gasification

of coal underground generates a fuel with a low emissions profile

and the potential for complete carbon capture and storage (CCS)

at low energy and financial costs.

Thornton New Energy, a subsidiary of BCG Energy Ltd, was in

January 2009 awarded the first UK license to carry out UCG and

develop deep, previously un-mineable coal reserves under the

Firth of Forth, Scotland. Waste2Tricity has exclusive rights for the

application of AFC Energy fuel cells with any gasification technology

within the UK, including energy from waste.

Thornton New Energy’s director of surface facilities, Alan Borrowman,

says, “When combined with UCG, the hydrogen fuel

cells enable a higher efficiency conversion of the energy in coal

to electricity. We were very keen to partner with Waste2Tricity in

order to utilize AFC Energy’s new generation fuel cells and create

the first clean coal electricity model that outperforms conventional

coal power stations in terms of net energy generated from coal,

the low cost opportunity to eliminate CO2 emissions, and even

the potential to eliminate the need for conventional coal mining

activities.”

New Chair Arbon commented: “This is a major breakthrough in

the future utilization of coal for electricity generation and could

have a significant impact worldwide in eliminating greenhouse

gases produced from coal. This is one of the few technologies

available to us which will actually help us to meet the UK’s

ambitious 2020 emissions commitments.”

Because UCG takes place underground, normal coal extraction

processes are eliminated, reducing noise and visual impact, and

the technology can be incorporated on existing coal mines.

Once the coal is gasified, it is maintained by continuous oxidant

flow that converts it into syngas, a combustible hydrogen-rich

synthetic gas. The syngas is piped to the surface and undergoes

a number of cleaning processes before going through a water

gas shift reaction to enrich the hydrogen content of the gas

stream. The hydrogen is then extracted from the resultant gas by

pressure swing absorption, separating the gas into two streams,

one pure hydrogen and the other pure CO2. The hydrogen

stream will feed the high efficiency AFC Energy fuel cells,

generating electricity with water as a byproduct. By requiring

the output energy gases to be converted to obtain hydrogen, a

byproduct of this process is the free capture of CO2, usually the

most expensive component of CCS. At least 99 percent of the

carbon present in the syngas can be captured in this process and

is then available for storage.

Burning buried coal has ‘potential’

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 Gerard Wynn Reuters

In the future power stations could use gas extracted from seams

of coals deep underground to generate electricity, say experts

(Source: ABC) Burning coal underground could be one of the

next breakthroughs to increase the world’s energy supply, say

some experts. They say the technology could provide access to

additional coal reserves that are either too deep or remote to

mine. But the approach is so far untested on a commercial scale,

making the initial expense a concern for governments and

investors. “The potential is huge,” says Gordon Couch of the

International Energy Agency’s Clean Coal Centre.

“It needs a series of successful demonstrations. Despite 50 years

of trials no commercial use has been demonstrated. Current

pilots could result in commercial opportunities within five to seven

years.” Source of gas The technology involves injecting air or

oxygen into a coal seam, which is burned and heated to produce

and then pipe to the surface an energy-rich gas that contains

hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. The gas could be burned

to produce electricity or liquefied and turned into a liquid carbon

fuel. Alternatively, the hydrogen could be separated for a

transport fuel or used by the oil refining industry.

“We believe strongly that underground coal gasification (UCG)

is the next frontier for us,” says Dzung Nguyen from Canada’s

Alberta Energy Research Institute. “Thirty years ago no one had

heard of the oil sands industry, now it’s the biggest oil reserve in

North America,” he says, adding that investment had cut by one

third the cost of extracting heavy oil from sands in Alberta.

Successful UCG could access 628 billion tonnes of coal from

Alberta’s Mannville seam alone, which is 1400 metres

underground and too deep for mining, says Nguyen.

According to the IEA’s Couch, that compares with the current

global coal production of 6 billion tonnes a year. Climate change

Thomas Kempka from the German Research Centre for

Geosciences says half of Germany’s coal reserves are below

1500 metres and too deep for mining. He says, if developed on

a commercial scale, UCG would produce the world’s cheapest

electricity.

Researchers would have to overcome a number of hurdles, such

as the danger of contaminating groundwater, as well as the extra

greenhouse gas emissions from burning high-carbon coal.

“When you burn coal it produces benzenes, weird aromatic

compounds, tarry materials, ideally you want these generated in

a totally sealed way,” says Michael Stephenson, head of science

energy at the British Geological Survey.

He says, research has to establish whether heating coal

underground, cracking bedrock above and drawing in water, could

contaminate surface supplies. Greenhouse gas emissions from

the process could be cut by storing the carbon dioxide underground

using an equally experimental technology called carbon

capture and storage (CCS). “We see UCG and CCS together as

a bridging technology to the deployment of renewable energy”

such as wind and solar power, says Germany’s Kempka.

United States of America

Stealthy startup plans to fuel 1,000 MW of projects in

Canada as it gets exclusive license to underground

coal gasification technology for North America.

Houston, Texas-based Laurus Energy says it has the technology

to cheaply convert North America’s biggest asset into energy.

Three-year-old Laurus came out of stealth mode this week,

announcing it raised $8.5 million from Mohr Davidow Ventures

in April to build a business around underground coal gasification

(UCG) technology licensed from Ergo Exergy Technologies.

Laurus Energy’s exclusive rights for the North American market

give it access to technology already in use in South Africa, India

and Australia—technology unlike any other being used to produce

a natural gas equivalent, said Erik Straser, general partner

at Mohr Davidow Ventures and a board member at Laurus.

Deal done for underground coal gasification - Linc

move into US

By MJ Clark September 11, 2009

CASPER — GasTech Inc. of Casper has concluded a sale of coal

leases containing 7 billion tons of deep Powder River Basin coal

to Linc Energy of Brisbane, Australia.

As John Wold, CEO and chairman of GasTech, told the Wyoming

Business Report in 2006, “We’re talking about coal that can’t be

surface mined, nor can it be mined using conventional underground

processes. We believe 95 percent of Wyoming coal is too

deep to be extracted by conventional methods.”

“We’re fading away from the oil and gas era; we’ll go to nuclear

reactors again in the United States,” Wold predicted back in 2006,

“but we need a bridge between conventional oil and gas and

nuclear power plants, and that’s deep underground coal that can

be converted to clean diesel, for instance.”

Linc Energy has successfully operated Underground Coal

Gasifi cation (UCG) projects at Chincilla, Queensland, since 1999,

including the conversion of UCG “syngas” to clean diesel. Syngas

can be used for electricity generation and for liquid hydrocarbon

feedstocks. The carbon dioxide from the syngas can be captured

and sequestered or utilized in enhanced oil recovery projects.

Linc’s 7 billion tons of coal has the energy equivalent of more

than 20 billion barrels of oil.

In a company release today, Wold added, “The infrastructure

and coal resources of the PRB are unparalleled. Linc Energy is

bringing the technical skills to commercialize UCG, providing

many years of safe, economic production of energy. This development

is a great opportunity for Wyoming to transform the energy

landscape of the United States.”

According to the GasTech release, deep coals are the greatest

fossil fuel resource in the world, with an energy content conservatively

many times that of oil and gas. GasTech’s Steve Morzenti,

said that the deal was “like drilling the fi rst well in Jonah,” with

UCG providing roughly 300 times the amount of energy extracted

per ton of coal than via the coalbed methane process. While

GasTech sold the leases for 7 billion tons of PRB deep coal to

Linc Energy, it is retaining 100 percent interest in 12 billion addition

tons of PRB deep coal resources.

Coal in a black hole hiding as clean

Should the U.S. Build Its Next Coal Plants

Underground?

Might burning coal thousands of feet below the surface be the

secret to making coal climate friendly? That’s what fans of underground

coal gasifi cation will be saying this week at several sessions

and in the keynote speech at the International Pittsburgh

Coal Conference, which goes through Wednesday..

Momentum is growing worldwide to look closely at the idea, a

150-year-old technique of igniting seams of coal deep under the

ground to produce electrical power or chemicals. It’s a proven

technology: Joseph Stalin launched the fi rst national research

program into the idea in 1928 and the Soviets used it for 40 years

to produce power. Since then, cheap natural gas and shallow,

easy-to-mine coal burned in traditional power plants have prevented

the technique from taking off.

But gasifying coal underground is now a hot topic among power

companies and scientists, with at least 10 pilot projects around

the world planned or underway. The cost benefi ts and climate advantages

are among the reasons that fi ve countries run national

research programs on the technique; is the United States falling

behind on the next big fossil fuel technology?

Yes, says the nonprofi t Clean Air Task Force, a well-respected

public health and environment advocacy group, in a report issued

last week.

Recent studies suggest that energy obtained using the technique

would be cheaper than more popular methods of getting low

emissions coal power, like so-called Integrated Gasifi cation Combined

Cycle (IGCC), which involves gasifying coal above ground

in facilities like the FutureGen project, which the Bush Administration

proposed and then killed. The idea would also eliminate the

need for strip mining, which is environmentally harmful, or carbon

intensive shipping of mined coal.

“The enormous potential of underground coal gasifi cation to

meet rising energy demand in a CO2-constrained world warrants

a high priority effort by the United States government to speed

commercialization,” the Task Force study said. The advantages of

the techniques are myriad, says the Task Force, starting with the

fact that it’s a cleaner version of “clean coal” than other

techniques: [D]uring gasifi cation, roughly half of the sulfur,

mercury, arsenic, tar, ash, and particulates from the used coal

remain in the subsurface, and any sulfur or metals that reach

the surface arrive in a chemically reduced state, making them

relatively simple to remove.

So if underground coal gasifi cation is so great, why are commercial

projects exploiting the method so few and far in between?

Up till now, the reason is the availability of cheap energy using

other means, author Julio Friedmann of the Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory in California tells ScienceInsider. During the

late ‘70s energy crisis, the technology got several demonstrations

in the United States, but the coal industry stuck with the methods

it liked, especially because they owned rights for coal close to the

surface. Plentiful and cheap natural gas was a further

disincentive.

Now though, with natural gas prices rising and climate a central

concern, Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand, and South

Africa all have government-funded R&D projects in this area.

“China has minted 100 Ph.D.’s in this area,” says John Thompson,

director of the Task Force’s project on coal transformation. “We

are losing.” For its part, the report suggests DOE spend more

than $100 million over the next 4 years on science, development,

and demonstration efforts to try to catch up.

Experts Release Roadmap to Slash Cost of Carbon

Controls, Slow Climate Change

Tue Sep 15, 2009

Cost Cuts of 50% Possible For Low-Carbon Coal Technologies

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) today released its report “Coal

Without Carbon”, detailing federal policy recommendations to

lower the price of reducing carbon emissions from coal, a leading

leading cause of climate change. Study authors include

scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts

University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as well

as private power developers and experts from CATF.

The report comes as the U.S. Senate prepares to consider

groundbreaking climate change legislation. Controlling the costs

of the nation`s CO2 strategy is central to the debate. “Congress

must address coal in climate change legislation,” said John

Thompson, CATF director of the coal transition project. “Coal accounts

for 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions and worldwide

coal use is expected to double in coming decades, even as we

dramatically increase energy efficiency and non-fossil fuel

energy use. There can be no answer to the global warming

problem unless coal emissions are cut.” The CATF study calls for

a more innovative approach to federal policy to advance

low carbon coal. Recommendations include:

* Rapid development and deployment of underground coal

gasification (UCG) to reduce carbon emissions and electricity

prices. UCG could reduce federal and state incentive costs by 50

percent or more from current cost estimates for coal gasification

with carbon storage. Julio Friedmann, of Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory, is the chapter author.

* Federal investment in post-combustion carbon controls to move

breakthrough technologies from the lab to commercial plant

scale. This technology will be required to lower carbon emissions

from the current global coal fleet. The report outlines development

of such advanced post-combustion carbon capture

technologies in an RD&D “pipeline”, with a focus on efficiency advantages

for existing plants. Howard Herzog and Alan Hatton of

MIT, and Jerry Meldon of Tufts University, are the chapter authors.

* Increased federal investment to commercialize the storage of

captured carbon dioxide deep below the Earth`s surface in brine

formations. The topic is addressed by Friedmann and fellow

Livermore scientist Robin Newmark. “Half of America`s electricity

comes from coal, and China has built enough new coal plants in

just the last five years to rival the size of the entire US coal

fleet. Realistically, coal will remain part of the world`s energy

mix in at least the near term,” Thompson added. “To prevent the

catastrophic effects of climate change, Congress must include

provisions to achieve dramatic reductions in coal`s carbon emissions,

including federal research to drive carbon capture and

storage costs down.”

Coal-fired power plant planned by CIRI

October 9, 2009 By ELIZABETH BLUEMINK

An Anchorage Native corporation said this morning it aims to

build a new electric power plant on the west side of Cook Inlet

— using coal instead of the region’s dwindling natural gas supply.

The 100-megawatt plant would rely on an emerging but proven

technology that doesn’t require the coal to be mined. Instead, the

coal would be transformed into gas underground, according to

officials from Cook Inlet Region Inc., which owns several hundred

thousand acres in the vast Beluga coal fields. CIRI proposes

drilling wells into coal seams, then injecting oxygen into those

wells, causing the coal to combust and become liquid gas. CIRI

would then convert the gas into electricity at the new power plant,

and sell the power to buyers in the region, such as utilities. In

the future, the CIRI project or similar projects in other Alaska

coal fields could be used to produce natural gas for heating

or export outside of Alaska, CIRI said. If the project is feasible

and obtains regulatory approval, CIRI hopes to start producing

gas in 2014. If the company can meet that aggressive timeline,

CIRI’s would be the first “underground coal gasification” (UGC)

plant in the country, said Ethan Schutt, the company’s senior

vice president for land and energy. UGC plants have been built

in Australia, South Africa and Eastern Europe. In North America,

UGC projects are also planned in Wyoming and Alberta, Canada.

CIRI began weighing the possibility of producing gas from Beluga

coal roughly a year ago, after some developers approached the

company to discuss UGC technology, Schutt said.

Vietnam

UCG project under way in Red River Delta

10/Oct/2009 Intellasia
The Asia Miner

LINC Energy has started development of an underground coal

gasification (UCG) project in the Red River Delta region of

Vietnam.Stage 1 of the Tonkin project involves development

and operation of a trial UCG field over the next 12 months.Initial

components of stage 1 involve finalizing investment licence

applications and engineering.The main aim of the Tonkin project

is to deliver power to more than 6 million households in Vietnam

using Linc’s UCG technology.Project partners are Australianbased

Linc Energy, Japan’s Marubeni Corporation, the Vietnam

National Coal - Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) and Song

Hong Energy, both from Vietnam.

The companies have agreed to a civil works contract and works

contract for stage 1.Linc will design, construct and operate a

trial UCG generator about 60km south-east of Hanoi.The trial

is designed to confirm that coal in the Red River Delta region is

suitable for gasification using UCG technology.Linc’s chief executive

officer Peter Bond says, “The finalization of these contracts

is a major step for Linc Energy towards its goal of bringing power

generation fuelled by competitively priced UCG synthesis gas to

countries like Vietnam that have increasing demands for power

supply.”Our work in Vietnam will further demonstrate the potential

for UCG to be the next major energy source for the world.”We

look forward to bringing this project to commercialization and

continuing our strong working relationships with our Vietnamese

and Japanese partners.” Linc aims to achieve its vision by bringing

together, for the first time in the world, two proven production

process known as underground coal gasification clean coal

technology and gas to liquids.These processes will economically

convert vast ‘stranded’ coal deposits into ultra clean liquid

fuelsLinc will use the Syngas produced from UCG clean coal

technology as feedstock for gas turbines to generate electricity.

CCS News

Clean Coal a Step Nearer

Engineering Capacity, 27th July 2009

Doosan Babcock has announced a major step towards making

full-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) a reality with

the opening of the world’s largest clean combustion test facility.

CCS is a vital part of the ongoing balanced energy portfolio and

will play a large role in reducing UK emissions This project marks

an important milestone in the development of CCS and will help

the UK secure its share of the estimated £2-4 billion a year created

by the global CCS market by 2030. The Renfrew test facility

was opened by Joan Ruddock MP, the Minister of State for the

Department of Energy & Climate Change.

The new facility is demonstrating Doosan Babcock’s

OxyCoal™Clean Combustion system for the first time on a fullsize

40MWth burner. The OxyCoal™ technology being demonstrated

at the site will be suitable for future installation in new or

existing coal power plants. The project is a collaboration between

Doosan Babcock, the UK Government (DECC), a prime sponsor

Scottish and Southern Energy, a group of seven sponsors (Air

Products, Drax, DONG, EDF, E.ON, ScottishPower and Vattenfall),

and is also supported by UK Coal.

Energy Minister Joan Ruddock, said “Cleaning up coal power is

a must if we’re to meet our climate change goals whilst keeping

the lights on. The development of CCS offers high quality jobs

and export opportunities for the UK which is why we’re supporting

this OxyCoal project with £2.2 million of funding. Our proposals

on coal are some of the most radical in the world and will help

ensure the UK leads the way on CCS.”

Iain Miller, CEO of Doosan Babcock, said “The OxyCoal™ project

places Doosan Babcock at the forefront of carbon capture development

and we are delighted to acknowledge the positive high

level endorsement of the project by DECC and our sponsors. The

demonstration has been made a reality by the hard work of our

project team and will enable Doosan Babcock, as a key carbon

capture innovator, to lead the field both at a UK and global level in

the future. With our product portfolio now including both OxyCoal

and Post Combustion Capture technologies, Doosan Babcock

will be ready to deliver very low emission power technology to

our customers around the world as fast as the market for these

products becomes available.”

Ian Marchant, Chief Executive, Scottish and Southern Energy,

said “The Low Carbon Transition Plan announced last week sets

a great deal of store by the successful deployment of carbon

capture and storage technology. The pace of progress in recent

years has been disappointing, but I hope that renewed impetus

from government allied to the type of co-operation evident in

the OxyCoal project will bring us closer to the ultimate goal of

successful deployment of large-scale carbon capture and storage

technology here in the UK and elsewhere.”

http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/10/46-energy-frontier-researchcenters-

funded-by-doe/ - comments#comments

46 Energy Frontier Research Centres to be funded

by the DOE.

Posted in alternative energy, technology, wind energy

Written by Yael Borofsky Published on August 10th, 2009

Cleantechnica.com

After a White House announcement last April regarding the

provision of $777 million to fund 46 Energy Frontier Research

Centers (EFRC’s) advancing innovation in clean energy technology,

the Department of Energy (DOE) recognized the completion

of the funding process last Thursday. The investment represents a

much-needed show of governmental support for the research and

development of the numerous energy breakthroughs necessary

to transition the U.S from dirty to clean energy.

Among the list of 46, 31 centers are affiliated with universities,

twelve are DOE national laboratories, two are non-profit organizations,

and one is a corporate research laboratory. In total, the

DOE has awarded $377 million in funding this year, with $277

million coming from the economic stimulus package (American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act -ARRA) and the additional $100

million provided by the DOE’s FY2009 budget. The full $777 million

promised in April will be partially allocated over five years to

30 of the institutions in increments of $2-5 million per institution

($100 million per year) while 16 institutions have received five

years of funding up front ($277 million from ARRA).

Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who made the announcement last

week, drew attention to the need to pursue clean energy innovation

and breakthroughs in clean energy technology. Over the five

year period, the projects will employ 1,800 people focused on

solar energy, biofuels, transportation, energy efficiency, electricity

storage and transmission, clean coal and carbon capture and

sequestration (CCS), and nuclear energy.

In light of the limited funding available for ARPA-E (Advanced

Research Projects Agency-Energy) - which rejected 98% of applicants

to its July call for “transformational energy proposals” - and

the disappointing bumping of RE-ENERGYSE from the FY2010

energy budget, Chu’s announcement could be a harbinger of at

least some promising improvements in the clean tech worldAs

the time approaches for the Senate to make a decision on Waxman

and Markey’s controversial American Clean Energy and

Security Act (H.R. 2454 - ACES), it remains to be seen whether

Congress heeds Chu’s (and others’) call for more aggressive efforts

to usher in a revolution in clean energy technology.

Pipeline Would Carry Midwest CO2 to Gulf Coast’s

Oil Fields

By PHIL TAYLOR: October 13, 2009

Midwestern states are working with energy companies to overcome

one of the biggest obstacles to carbon capture and storage:

finding ways to transport the gas from its industrial source to

its final resting place. The Midwestern Governors Association

last week announced a goal to site and permit by 2012 at least

one interstate pipeline to ferry global warming pollution from the

region’s power plants to suitable underground storage sites.

The goal was among several laid out in the Midwestern Energy

Infrastructure Accord aiming to transform the region’s coal-rich

states into hubs for CCS technology.

An early step in the accord involves the development of a pipeline

that would move carbon dioxide from capture-ready coal plants

in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky to the Gulf Coast for use in

enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Denbury Resources Inc., a Texasbased

oil and gas company, announced in July that it was conducting

a feasibility study into a 500-mile Midwest pipeline that

would link the proposed plants to the company’s production fields

in Mississippi. The company said it could build the estimated $1

billion pipeline at a profit -- and without government subsidies

-- if at least three commercial-scale coal gasification plants in the

region supplied CO2.

Four proposed gasification facilities have signed conditional

agreements to supply CO2 to the pipeline, Denbury said, including

ones near Rockport, Ind., and Owensboro, Ky., and one each

in Jefferson and Christian counties in Illinois. Each would capture

between 50 percent and 90 percent of emissions. While none

of the plants has entered construction, the Indiana project and

one of the Illinois projects are in negotiations for Department of

Energy loan guarantees, Denbury said. “We offer these industrial

users the most practical and economical way to sequester CO2,”

Denbury CEO Phil Rykhoek said in a statement. “And we benefit

as we will use their CO2 to further increase our domestic oil

production.”

Enhanced oil recovery pumps CO2 into underground oil reservoirs

to push previously unrecoverable oil to the surface. It can

increase productivity in some wells by up to 60 percent of the

original amount of recoverable oil, according to Energy Department

estimates. An optimistic DOE assessment pegged recoverable

EOR reserves in the United States at 88 billion barrels out

of the 330 billion barrels of oil remaining. Enhanced oil recovery

production from CO2 was 75 million barrels per year in 2004.

Denbury, which owns the largest carbon dioxide reserves east of

the Mississippi River used for EOR, is already working on the 24-

inch-diameter, 300-mile Green Pipeline to move CO2 from Texas

plants to increase oil production in the state.

If built, the Midwest pipeline would become the first of its kind in

the eastern United States to transport large quantities of CO2

from power plants and would represent a major step in an effort

to decarbonize the area’s coal. It would also signal a head start

for coal-reliant states looking for a way to keep the fossil fuel

affordable if Congress passes legislation to cap greenhouse gas

emissions.”Our neighbors are doing the same thing in planning

this new generation of coal,” said Brandon Seitz, director of

Indiana’s Office of Energy Development. The 12-state Midwest

region generates 71 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power

plants, according to MGA. In contrast, the national average is 49

percent. The stakes for CCS are even higher in Indiana, which

gets 95 percent of its electricity from coal and holds about 400

years’ worth of reserves at today’s production, Seitz said.”The

bottom line is, we can’t just shut down our economy,” Seitz said.

“The pipeline idea holds a lot of promise, and I think there’s a lot

of private-sector interest.”Companies looking to develop captureready

coal plants need guarantees that there will be an affordable

way to get emissions to storage sites, said John Thompson,

director of the Coal Transition Project at the Clean Air Task Force.

But firms like Denbury also need assurance that plants will be

able to supply enough CO2 to make pipeline projects worth their

investment.”There’s a certain chicken-or-egg dilemma,” Thompson

said. “In order for companies to build new gasification plants, you

have to have a CO2 solution. But no one plant is big enough to

justify building a pipeline of this size.”

Events

2009

October

UCGP Visit to Australia

20th October- 18th November

Julie Lauder will be visiting Australia for an extended trip that will

include Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

During this time she will highlight the Partnership to enlist support

and new members. She will be in the Brisbane area for two

weeks to meet with interested parties and members to begin

work on the forthcoming UCG Australia Conference 2010.

Please contact Julie should you wish to arrange a meeting or

have suggestions or contacts that you feel would benefit either

the partnership and/or the event.

julie.lauder@ucgp.com

IEA, International Conference on Coal Science &

Technology (ICCS&T)

Cape Town, South Africa 26th 29th Oct 09,

http://www.iccst.info/live/index.php

12th Vietnam OGP (Oil Gas & Power)

Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam 28th 29th

October 2009

http://www.cmtevents.com/?ev=091040&st=46

December

Asia Pacific Coal Outlook Conference 2009

Conrad Bali, Tanjung Benoa, Bali, Indonesia December 1-3, 2009

2010

March

5th UCGP International Conference & Workshop

London 23rd - 24th March 2010

September

8th European Conference on Coal Research and its

Applications: ECCRIA 8

Leeds, 6th – 8th September 2010

www.eccria.org

October

27th International Pittsburgh Coal Conference

Istanbul, Turkey 11th -14th October 2010

www.engr.pitt.edu/pcc/

October/November

UCGP International Conference, Brisbane, Australia

October/November 2010.

ucgp News

UCG Regulations and Licensing

UCGP have been invited by a number of regulatory authorities to assist in the development and formulation of UCG licensing and regulations.

Most countries do not have ready-made licensing for UCG and we can assist. It is our pleasure to engage with regulators at an

early stage to ensure that every issue likely to come up is dealt with. If you would like us to assist please let us know. We have extensive

information on this subject as a result of previous discussions with regulators around the world. Our knowledge base covers permitting,

environmental and health and safety issues. UCGP continues to expand and extend involvement in the industry. We are working on a

standard method of valuation for UCG assets, which is particularly important when members are seeking financing for their projects. This

should be available soon. We encourage exchange of information on project results and also note the concerns our members have and

the problems they come across. Recently we have been reviewing water consumption by those involved in methane extraction and the

impact on the in-situ coal site left behind. We always welcome enquiries from our members or prospective members and are here to help.

UCGP Chapters and Membership Expansion

We continue to work towards establishing UCG chapters in key global locations, namely, USA, South Africa, Australia and China.

We have been offered considerable support from members in these regions and will update you on any significant developments.

However, we are requesting that members please pass on any contacts they may know or have worked with who may benefit from joining

the partnership. We are especially keen to engage with those that we see as integral to the supply chain. Please pass on any details and

contacts to Julie Lauder – julie.lauder@ucgp.com

UCGP to change legal status to a charity

As we reported in the last two Newsletters, the UCG Partnership with the support of the Advisory Council has been looking at changing

its status from a limited company to a UK Registered Charity. The name will change to the UCG Association and the focus will very much

be on Training and Information sharing, plus support for Public Information and outreach programmes to educate on the uses of coal

We are delighted to have the continued assistance and help of the legal firm Nabarro LLP who are a Founding Member, Nabarro kindly

agreed to undertake this work on a pro bono basis..All the documentation has been submitted and we now just patiently await the outcome.

All members will be notified as soon as a decision has been made. So far most of the legal documentation has been completed and

all the necessary forms signed . The new Trustees of the Association will be:

Don Kinnersley, Deloitte,

Prof. Peter Styles, Keele University,

Dr Cliff Mallett, Carbon Energy,

Rohan Courtney, Clean Coal (Chairman),

Dr Michael Green, UCG Engineering,

Kenneth Fergusson, UCG Partnership

UCGP Research Group

Prof Peter Styles, who is the Chair for the Research Group continues to closely work with other research members on several EU funding

initiatives for UCG. One area is a proposal for a Marie Curie Training Network, if any EU members are interested in finding how they can

support this please contact Dr Sharon George via email, sharon.george@novasci.co.uk

The group also are developing a project website, www.co2al.eu,that will be a resource for 2 EU projects that they hope will be funded to

disseminate results, promote projects etc. If you have any research ideas or information that you would like to share with him or others in

this group please contact Prof. Styles in the first instance. Email: p.styles@esci.keele.ac.uk

We thank Peter for his continued efforts and support

UCG Reserves Initiative

As reported in the last issue, UCGP is currently working with a selected group of members, all of whom have experience in this area, to

research a method and criteria to place a reliable valuation on any potential UCG resource. The findings will be made available to members

and there will of course be scope for discussions and further input.

Your articles, presentations and expertise.

If you have written an article, paper, presented or come across an article of interest please do share it.

We will happily place all pertinent information on the UCGP website or include it in the newsletter.

UCGP Reports

HUGE Coordination Meeting 4th September 2009

The meeting was held to discuss the experimental phase of the project which is now underway. Ex-situ gasification tests on large blocks

of hard and lignite coal above ground have been undertaken and preparations are almost complete for the underground gasification tests

in the Polish experimental mine. These will be complemented with gasification tests under pressure at the Liege facility. The aim is to

maximise hydrogen production by dynamic operation of the process. The project is on target for completion mid 2010.

3rd UCG Training Course 14th -18th September 2009

Course No.1/09 - UCG Basic, Imperial College London,

Our second residential training course in conjunction with Imperial College London, had an impressive international mix of attendees,

from differing age groups and backgrounds. The differing levels of experience and knowledge made for an interesting week and with delegates

from Brazil, Columbia, South Africa, Australia, Ireland and the UK the week was set to be enlightening and informative as much

was gleaned from the experiences and input of the delegates as the expert lecturers.

The one week course covered all aspects of UCG including site selection criteria, site appraisal, coal geology and hydrogeology, directional

drilling and coiled tube drilling, completions, environmental impact assessments, public perceptions, fuel cells, CCS and economics.

It also introduced the basic principles of underground coal gasification, and what is required of the coal and overburden to establish

a satisfactory commercial process. The course was delivered by staff of Imperial College London, UCGP officers and expert external

speakers. The course finished with an open discussion session which was extremely useful for those involved in producing the course

as the attendees enjoyment and level of information exchange had surpassed our own expectations. The full course programme, course

attendees and biographies of lecturers and presenters can be found on the UCGP website

We have received many emails from the participants, all thanking us for what was an enjoyable and informative course. We know that

many have formed professional relationships, which only adds to the value of attending a UCG Training Course. Below the Training

Course attendees with Julie Lauder, Marcos Millan and Rohan Courtney

Report on the 26th Pittsburgh Coal Conference 20 -23 September 09

Julie Lauder and Rohan Courtney both presented at the UCG Tutorial, Rohan also chaired the Tutorial and co-chaired two of the UCG

sessions during the main conference.The workshop was the second organised by UCGP and very well attended, particularly gratifying as

it had to be held a day early on a Sunday to accommodate the invasion, later in the week, of the G20 meeting.

Our thanks to Burl Davis (Carbon Energy) , Jonathan Lightfoot (Scientific Drilling), Rachid Oukaci (Energy Technology Partners LLC),

David Camp and Julie Friedmann (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and Mary Bloomstran (Edge Environmental) for their outstanding

presentations. The Tutorial programme covered the cost of UCG, Environmental and Licensing, Drilling Techniques,

In the main section of the Conference there were fourteen presentations on UCG in three sessions. UCG has become a major topic at this

important conference and is set to continue. One of note given by Mike Fowler of the Clean Air Task Force called for government support

of UCG as a secure answer to US energy requirements. All Presentations from the UCG Tutorial will be available in the members section

of the UCGP website shortly. Presentations from the main conference can be obtained from IPCC.

Westminster Energy Forum, London 23rd September 09 - attended by Kenneth Fergusson

The theme was: “Challenges in the delivery of new energy infrastructure” whilst UCG was not on the agenda it was of interest to see if

the challenges facing these technologies were similar to those facing UCG. There were about 120 attendees representing varied energy

and financial companies, all UK based. The first speaker was Andrew Crone, Chief Editor of “New Energy Finance”, who spoke about the

financeability of “clean” energy around the world, but this mostly addressed renewable which benefit from support of governments..Planning

issues, by Richard Mellish, Director, Planning and Consents at DECC, described how the new IPC (Independent Planning Commission)

will speed up approval of major projects.

Trade-offs and challenges for National Grid was presented by Chris Bennett, Future Transmission Networks Manager.

Paul Willson of PB Power spoke about “Defining the generating capacity gap”, Lastly, John Roberts from Willis, Construction Risks,

described how major projects, especially if there was a first-of-a-kind component, must work alongside insurers to get the best insurance

premiums. Something that may also be pertinent to UCG.

UCG Global Summit, London 5th 7th October – attended by Julie Lauder

This was the first time an outside conference on UCG has been staged in London and it offered a comprehensive programme.

The two day event was superbly chaired by Michael Stephenson, head of Science Energy, the British Geological Survey.

Day one began with a presentation from Gordon Couch of the IEA, who gave an overview of the recent report he has compiled on UCG,

which is available from the IEA website. This was followed by an excellent presentation from Justyn Peters of Linc Energy, who reported

on the increasing projects around the world that Linc are embarking on and their strategy for successful growth. Thomas Kempa, presented

on UCG CCS, another excellent presentation and a topic that Thomas is currently researching. This was followed by Newcastle

University’s, Dermot Roddy who gave a North East England case study on UCG CCS. Dzung Nguyen from Alberta, gave an encouraging

address highlighting the work and interest of UCG in this region.

Julie Lauder presented an overview of the work of the UCG Partnership including Public Perceptions issues and the requirements for

delivery of integrated projects. The day finished with a look at the geological factors for UCG in the UK by the chair, which was pertinent

as BGS undertook a study on coal deposits suitable for UCG in the UK. The evening dinner workshop by UCGP was informative though

it was hard to have in depth discussions whilst eating. Dr Michael Green, Rohan Courtney and Shaun Lavis from Clean Coal were the

speakers. The topics covered were the History of UCG, the Economics of UCG and Site Selection Criteria.

Day two had presentations from LLNL’s Elizabeth Burton – Improving the Predictability of Gas Production and Environmental Consequences

of Operations, Poland was represented by Jan Ragout plus an update on the EU Huge project by Krzysztof Stanczyk, Rakesh

Sharma presented on ONCG’s UCG experience and Karol Kostur from Slovakia spoke on the importance of Pre project research and

evaluation. Johan Brand from South Africa who now has his own UCG company, African Carbon Energy since leaving Sasol,presented on

Project Planning and Modelling of UCG projects. This generated lots of questions as Johan has extensive UCG experience.

The event finished with a round table discussion which showed that all attendees had learnt much from the event, for UCGP it was extremely

pleasing to see so many old friends and so much interest.

BCURA Lecture 12th October 2009

UCG Partnership and several members were present at the prestigious annual lecture given by Neville Holt of the Electrical Power Research

Institute. His theme was the role of gasification in carbon capture and storage. He outlined the key role that CCS must play in the

reduction of CO2 emissions, and pointed out the urgency required to fully commercialise the technology post 2020. China and the US will

determine the rate at which this takes place and Emissions from coal, particularly in China are only about 50% from power stations; the

remainder is its use in heating and chemical manufacturer which also need to be addressed.

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