Mr. Michael Godec is a Vice President and former Treasurer with Advanced Resources International, Inc. He has over 40 years of high-level experience in supporting the public policy, strategic planning, market analysis and forecasting, asset evaluation, and resource evaluation missions of both public and private sector organizations. He has examined CO2 storage and possible CO2 EOR opportunities for numerous proposed power plants and other industrial facilities, both in the U.S. and internationally, onshore and offshore. He is supporting project development, permitting, and deployment of such projects. He is recognized as a national expert on the Internal Revenue Code Section 45Q tax credits and their role in assisting in the large-scale commercial deployment of CCS and CCUS in the U.S.
In addition, Mr. Godec provides objective and analytically sound consulting services and advice to all major organizations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Programme (IEAGHG), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), American Petroleum Institute (API), Gas Research Institute (GRI), and National Petroleum Council (NPC).
Mr. Godec is the author or co-author of more than 50 papers and articles. He has written papers on CO2 storage technologies, issues, performance, and costs. He was the Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer (2009-2010) on the subject "Environmental Performance of the Exploration and Production Industry: Past, Present, and Future." He has an M.S. in Technology and Human Affairs from Washington University in St. Louis, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado.
