Facts:

Main developer: Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC)

The Aquistore Project is a five-year, $100 million CCS demonstration project near Estevan, Saskatchewan. The CO2 will be stored underground in the Williston Basin in southeastern Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, North and South Dakota, and Montana.

The first phase of the project will run to the end of 2013 and will involve research, evaluation and the drilling of a test well for the injection of water and a small amount of CO2. In the second phase, Aquistore will integrate with a commercial-scale CO2 capture, transport and storage operation, sourcing CO2 from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam integrated CCS project. Delivery is expected to start in 2014.

The research and demonstration project, which has received federal and state funding support, is being managed by the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) in collaboration with partners in the private sector and academia. PTRC already has over ten years of experience managing CO2 monitoring and storage through its management of the IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project.

Financing

In March 2012, the project secured funding of $14 million, with the Canadian government pledging $9 million through its ecoENERGY Technology Initiative and $5 million through Sustainable Development Technology Canada. The project has already received $5m in funding from both Sustainable Development Technology Canada and SaskEnvironment’s Go Green Fund. 

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Storage:

The target saline formation is 2200 metres underground.  The CO2 storage will be monitored, measured and verified through various innovative technologies.  

Companies involved

Homepage:

http://www.ptrc.ca/aquistore_overview.ph