History
Since early 2005, Cool Energy has been developing its CO2 capture technology, known as CryoCell®. Cool Energy's technical staff designed the CryoCell® demonstration plant at ARC Energy's Xyris site in the Perth Basin. Cool Energy's work follows research and laboratory tests conducted by Professor Robert Amin, Chair of the Woodside Hydrocarbon Research Facility and Professor at Curtin University of Technology, from 1999 to 2003. In 2006, the testing program commenced, and Phase 3 High Level CO2 testing was completed in August 2007.
The technology has evolved through the following milestones:
| Date | Milestones and Highlights |
|---|---|
| April 2008 | Third Party Validation of CryoCell® Testing and CryoFlash® Process Simulator by Dr. DY Peng |
| April 2008 | Third public appearance - Exhibition Booth at the 2008 APPEA Conference & Exhibition in Perth, WA |
| March 2008 | Signed Memorandum of Understanding with P.T. Pertamina EP |
| January 2008 | Allan Hart was an expert speaker at the “Energy in Transition” Conference in Houston, Texas |
| January 2008 | Cool Energy showcased the ‘CryoCell® Technology’ at the Innovation Shoot Out in New York as part of the G’Day USA Tour event. |
| December 2007 | Contracted by Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited to complete the FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) for the PEL 106 “Green” Gas Commercialisation Project |
| October 2007 | Runner up WA Inventor of the Year |
| October 2007 | Martin Wilkes appointed as Project Manager |
| September 2007 | Second public appearance - Exhibition Booth and Technical Session at the 2007 Good Oil Conference in Fremantle, WA |
| August 2007 | Successful completion of all Field Trials |
| April 2007 | Commence Phase 3 of Field Trials |
| April 2007 | First public appearance - Exhibition Booth and Technical Session at the 2007 APPEA Conference & Exhibition in Adelaide |
| February 2007 | Cool Energy files another patent application covering a unique part of its process which was identified during the testing program |
| December 2006 | Complete Phase 2 Medium Level CO2 tests |
| October 2006 | Complete Phase 1 Low Level CO2 tests and commence Phase 2 Medium Level CO2 tests |
| September 2006 | Commence international phase for patent application filed in Australia in September 2005 |
| July 2006 | Commence Phase 1 Low Level CO2 tests |
| May 2006 | First gas arrives at demonstration plant for the testing program |
| January 2006 | Nimalan Gnanendran PhD appointed as Process Development Engineer. |
| December 2005 | Cool Energy and Shell Global Solutions set out a Technology Development Staircase and begin working cooperatively to meet mutual objectives. |
| December 2005 | Shell Technology Ventures B.V. becomes a significant shareholder in Cool Energy Limited. |
| December 2005 | Cool Energy's and Woodside's demonstration plants delivered to the ARC Energy (ASX:ARC) Xyris Site in the Perth Basin. |
| September 2005 | Cool Energy filed a new patent in September 2005 covering a unique part of its process which was defined during the design and subsequent engineering work. |
| September 2005 | Completed a market and commercialisation plan. |
| September 2005 | Simon Elliott appointed as Project Manager and Field Coordinator. |
| August 2005 | Contract awarded by Woodside Energy Limited to Cool Energy Limited for the project management of the demonstration of Woodside's novel Dehydrator Technology and agreement to work toward licensing and developing of the Dehydrator Technology by Cool Energy. |
| June 2005 | Agreement signed between Cool Energy Limited and Shell Global Solutions to cross license their respective patents and share expertise and technical developments. The Agreement also outlined the areas of business in which the two companies may deploy the technology. |
| May 2005 | A final agreement was signed between ARC, Cool Energy, Woodside Energy and Curtin University for the provision of the testing site at Xyris in the Perth Basin. |
| March 2005 | The Basis of Design was completed by Professor Amin and his team at Curtin University in close collaboration with Cool Energy, and a contract was awarded to Process Group of Melbourne for the fabrication of the plant. |
| February 2005 | The Commonwealth of Australia, through its Industry, Research and Development Board, approved a A$1.9 million Start Grant. |
| February 2005 | Cool Energy appointed Jessie Inman as Managing Director and Allan Hart as Chief Technology Officer. |
| February 2005 | Nido (ASX: NDO), Australian Development Capital (ASX:ADK), ARC Energy Limited (ASX:ARC), and the Centre for Energy and Greenhouse Technologies Pty Ltd committed investment funds to Cool Energy. |
| 2003 | Cool Energy was established as a private vehicle to commercialise the technology by Mr. Richard Beresford. |
| 2003 | Shell Global Solutions International B.V. agreed to support further laboratory testing. |
| 2002–2003 | Patents and provisional patent applications filed to protect the technology. |
| September 2001 | Premier of Western Australia, Dr. Geoff Gallop, attended the first official launch of the technology break through. |
| 2001 | Initial round of laboratory testing by Professor Amin was successful. |
| 1999–2001 | Professor Robert Amin began developing the CO2 capture technology at the Woodside Hydrocarbon Research Facility at Curtin University of Technology in cooperation with Mr. Tony Kennaird of Core Laboratories Pty Ltd. |
Future milestones to monitor
| Date | Infomation |
|---|---|
| April 2007 | Commence Phase 3 High Level CO2 tests |
| June 2007 | Complete Phase 3 High Level CO2 tests |
| Qtr 2/3 2007 | Identify and confirm commercial project |
| Qtr 3 2007 | Complete Design and commence FEED for commercial project |
