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Prospects for coal and clean coal technologies in Kazakhstan, CCC/192 Morel Oprisan

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:19:29 GMT

The coal sector in Kazakhstan is said to have enough reserves to last over 100 years, but the forecasted reserves are expected to last several hundreds of years. This makes investing in the fuel and energy sector of the country an attractive option for many international and private organisations. The proven on-shore reserves will ensure extraction for over 30 years for oil and 75 years for gas. The future development of the domestic oil sector depends mainly on developing the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea.

The coal sector, while not a top priority for the Kazakh government, puts the country among the world's top ten coal-rich countries. Kazakhstan contains Central Asia's largest recoverable coal reserves. In future, the development of the raw materials base will be achieved through enriching and improving the quality of the coal and the deep processing of coal to obtain fluid fuel and synthetic substances. Developing shale is also topical. The high concentration of methane in coal layers makes it possible to extract it and utilise it on a large scale.

However, today the country's energy sector, which was largely established in the Soviet times, has reached its potential. Being alert to the impending problems, the government is planning to undertake large-scale modernisation of the existing facilities and construct new ones during 2015-30.

CCS challenges and opportunities for China, CCC/190

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:13:42 GMT

CCS is a R&D priority for China, covering all capture options, transport and storage, together with a strong level of international co-operation. With regard to progression beyond research, there are some very significant large industrial scale trials that are being funded and implemented by various Chinese power generation, coal and oil companies. As well as part CO2 capture from coal fired power plants, these include a full chain CCS trial on a coal to synthetic oil unit, which comprises part capture of the CO2 vented from the coal gasifiers together with subsequent transport and storage in an aquifer. There are also various CO2 enhanced oil recovery activities underway, reflecting China's interest in CO2 utilisation. From a technical perspective, China is well positioned to move forward from these trials towards demonstrations of various CO2 capture and utilisation/storage options. However, this will equire the global CCS community to fully engage with China as to how these projects can be best inanced and how (and to what level) the information arising can be disseminated to aid
complementary projects elsewhere. While the primary focus will be on the power sector, the prospect of establishing CCS on clusters of coal to chemicals gasification units in certain regions of China offers some early, lower cost opportunities for demonstration. Details, including likely CO2 emission levels, on the modern, oxygen blown gasification units that are either operational or at the contracted design/construction stage in China are included within an extensive annex to this report. At the same time, China might benefit from further assistance with regard to characterisation of nationwide CO2 storage opportunities and in establishing regulations to ensure that large-scale commercial initiatives do not compromise health, safety, and the environment.

Upgrading and improving efficiency of coal-fired power plant

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:11:38 GMT

Upgrading and improving efficiency of coal-fired power plant, Melbourne, Australia, 19-20 April 2012

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