2000 04 27
The IEA Weyburn CO2 Monitoring Project
Resulting Project

INVITATION

Thursday April 27, 2000, 7:30 - 11:00 am
Telus Convention Centre, Calgary

Glenview Room - 2nd Level, 125 - 9th Avenue SE

PanCanadian Resources and the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) in Regina invite you to attend an information session describing a proposed international research project to monitor the injection, migration and fate of CO2 in the Weyburn CO2 Miscible Flood Project. By developing the understanding of the fate of CO2 in the oil reservoir, confidence in CO2/EOR as a CO2 storage option will be established. It is currently believed that geologic sequestration of GHG such as CO2 represents the best viable short-term option for reduction of GHG emissions. The goal of the presentation is to provide information about the research project, introduce key research leaders and to discuss the conditions for potential participation in the project.

Background
In August 1999 the International Energy Agency (IEA) sponsored a three-day workshop in Regina to consider the monitoring opportunities surrounding the $1.1B PanCanadian CO2 Miscible Flood Project at Weyburn. As a result of the workshop, researchers from Canada, the US and Europe submitted proposals to PTRC that were integrated into a $23.3M or larger four year program. The research project needs to find approximately $20M in funding to proceed. Joint funding of the research project is being sought from a variety of public and private sources, both in Canada, and internationally.
This October, PanCanadian will begin injecting significant amounts of carbon dioxide—initially 5,000 tonnes or 95,000,000 scf per day.  While other enhanced oil recovery efforts have focused on the use of CO2 from underground sources, the Weyburn project is one of the first to involve the injection of CO2 currently being produced from the combustion of fossil fuels.

The Research Project
The central objective of our research project is to determine how effective PanCanadian's injection of CO2 will be over the long-term.  Led by the PTRC, our international research team will extensively monitor and conduct research over the next four years to verify the effectiveness of EOR as a method of managing greenhouse gas emissions. 

Scope of Work
The proposed scope of work includes extensive data gathering and analysis, comprehensive geologic modeling, the assessment of geochemical impacts on the formation's CO2 storage integrity and capacity, monitoring of movement of various fluids within the reservoir, fluid and phase behavior characterization as well as research into better sequestration monitoring tools and techniques.

The Research Team
The research consortium combines the best available Canadian, US and European scientists and researchers who have an intimate knowledge of the Williston Basin, including researchers from the Saskatchewan and Alberta Research Councils (SRC and ARC), the Universities of Alberta, Calgary, Regina and Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Energy and Mines (SEM). 

Benefits
Given the significant role this project can have on Canada's strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as future resource production objectives, we are inviting you to attend this information session to learn more about this project.

Presentation Schedule
7:30 - 8:00  Breakfast 
8:00 - 8:05  Welcoming remarks by Susan Hancock and introduction of Roland Moberg
8:05 - 8:15  Opening comments by Roland Moberg 
8:15 - 8:35  Sequestration performance by Roland Moberg 
8:35 - 9:00  Overview of Weyburn Enhanced Oil Recovery Project and data collection by Susan Hancock 
9:00 - 9:30 Monitoring of CO2 movement by Larry Myer( to include three parts; the LBNL, CSM and PanCanadian seismic work)
9:30 - 10:00  Break 
10:00 - 10:20  Geologic context by Chris Gilboy
10:20 - 10:40  Geochemical Sampling, Monitoring and Prediction by Bill Gunter
10:40 - 10:50  Final questions and answers
10:50 - 11:00  Closing remarks by Roland Moberg
(LBNL = Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)