Key themes:
Carbon dioxide capture
Pre-combustion capture
Post-combustion capture
Oxyfuel
Industrial processes
Solvents, sorbents and membranes
Chemical-looping combustion
Cryogenic separation
Direct air capture
Integration with other processes in the power plant



Carbon dioxide storage
Wellbore integrity
Leakage pathways, e.g. faults and fractures
Capacity assessment, e.g.saline formations, depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs
Caprock seals
Impact of CO2 storage (groundwater, microseismicity)
Onshore and offshore geologic storage
Technical performance and risk assessment
Longterm fate of injected CO2
Trapping mechanisms, including adsorption, e.g. coal beds and shales
Monitoring, verification and accounting (MVA, e.g. seismic, surface, hydrologic, remote sensing)
Pressure management
Impacts of co-contaminants, CO2 purity specifications


Carbon dioxide transportation
Pressurisation of CO2 storage
Pipeline technology, including materials, compressors and infrastructure
Ships
Risk, legal and monitoring, leakage
CO2 purity specifications
Source-sink evaluations


CO2 Utilisation
Catalysis for CO2 conversion
Production of fuels and chemicals from CO2
Novel cement production methods
Mineral carbonation for the production of aggregate or useful materials
Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery (including enhanced oil recovery; EOR)
Use of CO2 as cushion (or base) gas for gas storage


Other greenhouse gases
Sources and mitigation strategies for emissions of methane (CH4), Nitrous oxide (N2O), Halocarbons


Regulation, economics and planning
Cost aspects
Other CO2 emission mitigation strategies (including land use change and terrestrial carbon sequestration)
CO2 emission and climate modelling
Public acceptance
Life cycle analyses
Policy initiatives
Pilot and demonstration projects
Advanced power plant designs
Technoeconomic analyses
Economic analyses of the energy sector
Greenhouse gas mitigation in different countries or geographical regions


General topics
Business digest
Patent intelligence and intellectual property issues
Supply chain issues
International carbon trading schemes
Industrial and government developments including technology, financial and funding company formation, mergers and acquisitions, development of new coal and natural gas-fired power plants
Regional updates
Development of pilot and demonstration CCS projects
Development of new commercial applications of CO2
Putting the science in context: economics, politics/policy and social science issues linked to CCS and CO2 utilisation, including public perception.

Greenhouse gas mitigation in different countries or geographical regions