History

The technology has evolved through the following milestones:

Date Milestones and Highlights
November 2009 New heat exchanger trials commenced.
June 2009 Three further patent applications filed.
April 2009 Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 becomes major shareholder in Cool Energy.
November 2008 CryoCell® Technology presented at the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies in Washington DC.
August 2008 FEED for the PEL106 "Green" Gas Commercialisation Project completed.
April 2008 Third Party Validation of CryoCell® Testing and CryoFlash® Process Simulator by Dr. DY Peng.
January 2008 Cool Energy is invited to the G'Day USA Tour event.
December 2007 Cool Energy contracted by Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited to carry out the FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) for the PEL 106 "Green" Gas Commercialisation Project.
October 2007 Runner up WA Inventor of the Year.
September 2007 Initial field trials completed.
April 2007 Phase 3 of initial field trials and high level CO2 tests commenced.
April 2007 Exhibition Booth and Technical Session at the 2007 APPEA Conference & Exhibition in Adelaide.
February 2007 Cool Energy files another patent application (CryoFrac).
December 2006 Phase 2 medium level CO2 tests completed.
October 2006 Phase 1 low level CO2 tests completed and Phase 2 medium level CO2 tests commenced.
July 2006 Initial field trials commenced.
May 2006 First gas at demonstration plant.
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 are delivered to the ARC Energy Xyris Site in the Perth Basin.
October 2005 Cool Energy becomes a public company.
September 2005 Cool Energy files a new patent (CryoZorb®).
June 2005 Agreement signed between Cool Energy Limited and Shell Global Solutions to cross license their respective patents and share expertise and technical developments.
May 2005 A site 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 CryoCell® Basis of Design was completed and a contract was awarded to Process Group of Melbourne for the fabrication of the plant.
February 2005 Cool Energy wins a A$1.9 million Start Grant from The Commonwealth government.
February 2005 Nido Petroleum, Australian Development Capital, ARC Energy Limited, and the Centre for Energy and Greenhouse Technologies Pty Ltd commit investment funds to Cool Energy.
January 2003 Cool Energy was established as a private vehicle to commercialise the technology.
2003 Shell Global Solutions International B.V. agreed to support further laboratory testing.
January 2002 Initial patent applications filed to protect the technology.
January 1999 Professor Robert Amin began developing 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.