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.