Social Events | ISO/ TC 265 the 8th Plenary Meeting and WG Meetings 2016 in Sapporo, HOKKAIDO

Technical Tour

Japan CCS Co.,Ltd (JCCS) has implemented the large scale CCS demonstration project in Tomakomai area. The detail is shown in the end of this page. This technical tour is realized by the cooperation of JCCS.
We prepare direct buses departing at the meeting place for this tour.

Venue

JCCS Tomakomai site
12, Masagocho, Tomakomai-shi, Hokkaido, 059-1373
URL: http://www.japanccs.com/?lang=en

Schedule

Wednesday, November 30

11:00 Working Group meetings conclude
11:30 Departure from Sapporo Convention Center (by bus and have lunch)
13:30－16:00 Technical Tour
16:30 Departure from: Tomakomai site (by bus)
18:00 Arrival at reception venue (JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo)

Reception

We are pleased to invite ISO/TC265 to the reception with Japanese hospitality, "Omotenashi" sprit. We will start up with "Kagamibiraki" which is a ceremony to crush a cask filled with Sake (rice wine) to wish a great success of the meetings. The word 'kagami' means peace, and 'hiraku' (the verb form of 'hiraki') means to increase success. Sake and delicious food will be served to all the participants and also the beautiful Sapporo night view will please your eyes. That is one of the top three major night views of Japan.
We hope many of you to join the reception and to enjoy it.

The buses for the technical tour will take to the party place directory from the Tomakomai. The person who does not participate in the tour, please come to the party place directly.

Venue

Taiyo-room, 36th floor, JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo (recommended hotels)
Nishi 2-chome, Kita 5-jo, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0005
URL: http://www.jrhotels.co.jp/tower/english/

Schedule

Wednesday, November 30

18:30 － 20:30 (transportation to be provided to the hotel)

Group Dinner

Sapporo city has climate and natural weather suitable for making beer. Some beer has been produced since one hundred and thirty years ago in Sapporo. Currently, it is one of the representative beer production areas of Japan. And also the wide land of Hokkaido activates farm of sheep. As Hokkaido is surrounded by beautiful ocean, it is famous for exceptionally rich seafood.

Sapporo beer garden which is the venue of this dinner is one of the most popular restaurants and sightseeing spots in Sapporo. We can taste both lamb meat and seafood in this restaurant with freshly made beer. You can also enjoy the performance of "Yosakoi-Soran" during the dinner. "Yosakoi-Soran" is a new created dance performance based on and united with two Japanese traditional dances. Now, it gets such great popularity that a contest among many groups is held at Yosakoi-Soran festival in June every year. Additionally, a short beer museum tour is planned, where a brief history of Sapporo beer is exhibited.

We go to the dinner place from the meeting venue by bus after the plenary meeting.
You can also use other transportation, such as taxi and walking.
Taxi is our recommendation: 7minutes from north exit of Sapporo station (1,000yen).

Venue

Museum: Sapporo Beer Museum
Dinner: Trommel Hall, Sapporo Beer Garden
Sapporo Garden Park, Kita 7-jo Higashi 9-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo

Schedule

Thursday, December 1

16:10 Plenary meeting concludes
16:40 Departure from Sapporo Convention Center
17:10 Arrival at dinner place
17:30 － 18:00 Visit Sapporo Beer Museum
18:00 － 20:00 Group dinner (transportation to be provided to hotels)

Overview of Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project in Hokkaido

Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project is a large-scale CCS demonstration project which is currently being undertaken by the Japanese government in the Tomakomai area, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. The project objective is to demonstrate the viability of a full CCS system, from CO₂ capture to injection and storage. One hundred thousand tons per year or more of CO₂ will be injected and stored in offshore saline aquifers in the Tomakomai port area. The implementation of this project has been commissioned to Japan CCS Co., Ltd. Since April 2016, CO₂ capture and injection has started at the rate of around 100 thousand tons per year of CO₂.

The main features of this project are as follows:

Schedule

Construction of the facilities was completed in October 2015, and test-run of the facilities also successfully finished in February 2016. CO₂ capture, injection & monitoring is conducted from 2016 to 2018 and monitoring will be continued until 2020.

CO₂ Source

Hydrogen Production Unit of adjacent oil refinery

Capture type

Industrial separation-chemical absorption (amine); two-stage CO₂ capture system provides for low energy consumption

Storage Formation

Sandstone layer at 1,000-1,200m depth & volcanic rocks at 2,400-3,000m depth

Drilling

CO₂ injection wells were drilled from an onshore site directionally into offshore reservoirs, greatly saving drilling and maintenance costs. Notably, the shallow reservoir was reached by Extended Reach Drilling (ERD).

Monitoring

Extensive monitoring system comprised of observation wells, onshore seismometer, ocean bottom seismometers, ocean bottom cable to monitor natural earthquakes and micro-seismicity in order to verify that natural earthquakes do not affect CO₂ injection, and CO₂ injection does not induce noticeable tremors.

Regulation

Marine environmental monitoring is being conducted based on “Act on Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster” which complies with London 1996 Protocol.

Public Outreach

The project is the first case of CCS near urban area; good relationships with local communities have been maintained as a result of extensive public outreach activities.