What does a project in the southeastern Saskatchewan oil patch near Weyburn have to do with Carbon Capture and Storage?
A. The International Energy Agency Weyburn Enhanced Oil Recovery CO2 Project is the world’s first CO2 measuring, monitoring and verification initiative. Launched in 2000, this $80-million international project studies CO2 injection and storage underground in depleted oil fields. The goal of the project’s Final Phase (2005-2011) is to deliver the framework necessary to encourage implementation of CO2 geological storage on a worldwide basis. IPAC builds on the experience gained in Saskatchewan from this important project.
