Maasvlakte CCS Project - ROAD European CCS Demonstration Project Network Meeting Rotterdam, May 10, 2011 Hans Schoenmakers Project Director ROAD
Permits for a CCS project Power Plant Capture Plant Transport Storage Permit to construct and operate power plant Permit to modify existing plant Environmental Permits Water abstraction license Building permit capture plant Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Permits Assessment of pipeline routing Consents from landowners Pipeline Works Authorisation Exploration permit Drilling permits Environmental Impact Assessment Storage permit Consents from land owners Page 2
Organization ROAD Board Capture Transport & Storage Stakeholder Management Project Office Permitting Communication & Public Engagement Regulatory Framework Funding Agreements Knowledge Dissemination Primarily relevant for permits Page 3
The Maasvlakte CCS Project - ROAD Maasvlakte Power Plant 3 CO 2 Capture Plant Compression and Cooling dehydration, O 2 -removal, Metering Onshore Transport Pipeline Offshore Transport Subsea Pipeline Metering P18 A Platform 5 km 20 km 3,5 km Start of CCS scope This flow diagram is not on scale CO 2 Storage into depleted gas reservoirs Page 4
Locations and pipeline trace's Page 5
How to obtain the necessary environmental permits for an offshore CCS Project Five steps: 1. Completing the overview of procedures Getting an overview of the formal procedures, the authorities and the first estimate scheduling of the procedures (permits, including conditions for an EIA and spatial planning) 2. Preparing the documents Draft versions prepared by the companies, aligned with technology and equipment supplier and reviewed by the authorities, to make sure the documents meet all requirements 3. Formal procedures Authorities, including the EIA committee, consider/handle all submitted requests and after public consultation decide on the permit conditions and updated spatial planning 4. Since this whole chain is the first of its kind, the EIA committee has advised a preliminary check ( Voortoets ) on completeness and compliance with earlier directions. This informal stage takes additional time (2 months) but is also supported by ROAD 5. Legal procedures After permits have been granted, legal procedures can be expected. Court procedures may take a long time but - taking the preparations into account - there is no fear of losing the permit Page 6
Applicants environmental permits Capture Transpor t Storage Maasvlakte CCS Project (ROAD) Coordinated by Page 7
Scheduling issues The scheduling of the project is determined by several technical and non-technical conditions: Starting date CCS operational 2015, first on-site building activities mid 2012 Building period expected to be 2,5 years Period for result form legal procedures not clear FID when risks and requirements are 80-90% clear (permit must be acquired, but need not to be irrevocable yet) Spatial planning adjustments by the authorities Scheduling leaves uncertainties: Getting permits as quick as possible Feedback of parties involved (direct stakeholders and public) is required Authorities take the safe route Page 8
Scheduling lessons learned Keeping the pressure on all parties involved Maintaining a very tight time schedule to motivate authorities to take action and make decisions Starting with first rough draft versions to get feedback The tight time schedule of the Grant Agreement can be used to motivate parties involved Showing that the project does everything within its power to reach the deadlines. Take the initiative in all meetings Supporting authorities with technical help to fulfill their obligations Keep everybody involved and do not take over responsibilities Accept authorities taking the safe route (accuracy more important than speed!) Page 9
Design issues Technical information The FEED (basic engineering) for the project was completed in an early stage. However, not all technical (detailed) information (on emissions) was available Because this is the first time a large scale CCS project is designed, there are few standards available (pilots give some information but are not always trustworthy for scale-up) This means that it is difficult to fill in permit applications early in the procedure It would be more pragmatic to get permits and being allowed to adjust later on, within established limits Page 10
Permits Lessons learned Supporting the authorities There is substantial knowledge on CCS and the rules with the initiator. Sharing this information with authorities leads to mutual understanding and a combined idea of the way forward. This may seem clear from the start, but a lessons learned is that this still takes a lot of time and number of meeting to achieve Resources are often lacking with the authorities. The more the initiator prepares the better the authorities will be able to fulfill their commitments Agree on getting the permits in more general terms, keeping open the opportunity to adjust when detailed design information is available (not always possible and makes permit more vulnerable) Page 11
ROAD s Regulatory context and the storage permit Four levels of regulation (for sub-surface CO 2 -storage) E.U. Directive (and Guidelines) National Act (Amendment of Mijnbouw wet) ( Enabler ) Ministerial Decree ( Hook ) Storage permit ( Tailor Made ) Page 12