| Title | Carbon capture and storage (CCS) studies at the Aquistore CO2 storage site |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Craven, J; White, D |
| Source | Public presentations, Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP), current status of research projects; by Jacob, N; Craven, J A; White, D; Savard, M M; Rivard, C; Kao, H; Parsons, M B; Galloway, J M; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 49, 2017 p. 6-30, https://doi.org/10.4095/299730  Open Access |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Public presentations,
Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP), current status of research projects |
| File format | pptx; pdf |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| NTS | 62E/03 |
| Area | Estevan |
| Lat/Long WENS | -103.1333 -103.0333 49.1333 49.0333 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; geophysics; hydrogeology; surficial geology/geomorphology; Nature and Environment; governments; environmental studies; environmental impacts; carbon dioxide; climate; energy
resources; electric power; seismicity; earthquakes; seismology; seismic arrays; bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; evaporites; salt; shales; red beds; reservoir rocks; wells; observation wells; geophysical surveys; seismic surveys;
electrical surveys; e m surveys; gravity surveys; radar methods; tiltmeters; groundwater; soils; geophysical logging; temperature; Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP); Northern Athabasca Oil Sands Region (NAOSR); Colorado Formation; Watrous
Formation; Prairie Evaporite Formation; Midale beds; Deadwood Formation; monitoring; greenhouse gas emissions; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Ordovician; Cambrian; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | time series; location maps; photographs; bar graphs; 3-D models; aerial photographs; plots |
| Program | Environmental Geoscience |
| Released | 2017 02 15 |
| Abstract | Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been identified as a priority issue within the context of the North American climate change and energy collaboration. An important aspect of CCS is the need to
improve public confidence in long-term geological storage of CO2. A key to developing confidence for the longer term is a demonstration of safe and expected storage behaviour in the short term. Two primary concerns of the public and government
regulatory bodies are the potential for induced seismicity and for CO2 leakage. To alleviate these concerns, storage monitoring is critical in demonstrating that the subsurface CO2 plume is behaving as expected, and that induced microseismic or
seismic activity is being closely monitored. The Aquistore CO2 Storage Project is a multi-year research and monitoring project to demonstrate that storing CO2 deep underground is a safe and workable solution to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
to the atmosphere. The Geological Survey of Canada's studies within the project are focused on the development of improved monitoring methodologies and a better understanding of the relationship between CO2 injection and induced seismicity.
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total of 60 ktonnes of CO2 were injected at the Aquistore site in the first year following initial injection in April-2015. Injection is occurring within a saline formation at a depth of 3150-3350m. In the first 4 months of 2016, CO2 was injected at
an average rate of ~400 tonnes/day. Passive seismic monitoring at the site which began in 2012 has not identified any seismicity associated with the injection process. The first time-lapse 3D seismic surveys were completed in February of 2016 and
will provide images of the CO2 plume in the subsurface. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The environmental geoscience program is a federal research program that aims to provide Canadians with advanced scientific information to differentiate
the effects of the development of natural resources on the environment of those of natural processes. Following this mandate, the development of new geoscientific approaches is used to support the developement and responsible use of Canada's natural
resources by making informed decisions while protecting Canadians and their environment. Advancing scientific understanding about natural resources development will inform policy makers and have direct implications on future decisions. To increase
the program visibility, a public session was offered in May 2016 to the Earth Science Sector and other key partners from Natural Resources Canada. All the information presented during the public session is included in this Open File. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 299730 |
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