Solutions for Today | Options for Tomorrow

Driving OpportunityDelivering Innovation Bryan D. Morreale

October, 2018

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Fossil Energy: Fueling the NationEconomic Prosperity & National Security

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A Global PowerhouseEnergy & National Security

Office of ScienceNational Nuclear Security Administration

Environmental ManagementFossil Energy

Nuclear EnergyEnergy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

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FE and NETL laid the technical foundation of the shale gas revolution• The federal government mapped

shale gas resources• Funded experimental wells and

undertook related research • Led to lowering the eventual cost

and risks of shale gas exploration

NETL: A “Long” History of SuccessUnconventional Gas Exploration & Production

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The National Energy EcosystemNETL’s Energy Priorities

Maximize value creation

Improve existing investments

Integrate & optimize energy

Eliminate environmental

impact

Innovative distributed

technologies

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Direction of Coal ResearchNext Generation Coal-based Power Plants

HISTORICAL FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS NEXT-GENERATION FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS

Built for an ecosystem with steadyand predictable demand

Providing stable power that can be flexibly dispatched to meet

variable demand

Value Creation

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Creating Value for Coal

COAL FEEDSTOCKS

$30-60/tonCarbon Fiber & Structural Composites$100,000/ton

$70,000,000/ton

$100,000,000/ton

CARBONPRODUCTS

3D PrintingMaterials

CarbonNanomaterials

New Market OpportunitiesJobs, Products, Markets

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Decades to YearsChanging the R&D Paradigm for Engineered Systems

Faster

Cheaper

Safer

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NETL’s O&G InitiativeData Technology, ML & AI

Field Data

High Fidelity Simulation

Experimental Wells

Laboratory Experiments

Robust Database

Advanced Sensors & Communications

HPC

Reduced Ordered Models

ImprovingResource Recovery Efficiency

EnablingReal-Time Early Warnings for Incident Prevention

MinimizingEnvironmental Impacts

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Experimental Well: MSEELA Model Regional Initiative & Partnership

• An unprecedented partnership

• Instrumented & operated in a manner for research (& production)

• All phases & all aspects thoroughly monitored

• Publicly funded, publicly available

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VISION – Fill the research discovery, development, and deployment pipeline with innovative technology COURAGE – Take on strategic investments to move R&D forward PERSEVERANCE – Accelerate maturation of technologies

Driving Opportunity. Delivering Innovation.

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Thank You.