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479:. The report said that carbon dioxide levels in the soil averaged about 23,000 parts per million, several times higher than is normal for the area. "The ... source of the high concentrations of CO2 in the soils of the Kerr property is clearly the anthropogenic CO2 injected into the Weyburn reservoir... The survey also demonstrates that the overlying thick cap rock of
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Weyburn Oilfield covers an area of some 52,000 acres (210 km) and has a current oil production rate of ~3,067 m3/day. Original oil-in-place is estimated to be 1.4 billion barrels (220,000,000 m). The oil is produced from a total of 963 active wells made up of 534 vertical wells, 138
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in 2017), and after the year 2005 from the adjacent Midale field (operated by Apache Canada). These EOR operations are independent of the research program. Cenovus Energy's only contribution to the IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale
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Monitoring and
Storage Project is utilizing scientific experts from most of the world's leading carbon capture and storage research organizations and universities to further develop and build upon the most scrutinized
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Overall, it is anticipated that some 40 Mt of carbon dioxide will be permanently sequestered over the lifespan of the project in the
Weyburn and Midale fields. The gas is being supplied via a 320 kilometre mile long
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levels dropped in these same regions. In addition, prior to injection occurring into the oil field, these samplings were found to be as high as 125,000 parts per million and averaging 25,000 ppm CO
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for significant lengths of time. This was done through a comprehensive analysis of the various process factors as well as monitoring/modeling methods designed to measure, monitor and track the CO
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across the region, even more than the average and largest readings from the Kerr's property that were being claimed as unusually high. The report also questions, based on
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monitoring and verification technologies. With this in mind, a second and final phase of research was developed and began in the year 2005, and will be completed in 2011.
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to reach the surface. The PTRC acknowledged that they do not monitor the entire site for leaks, rather primarily above the part of the
Weyburn field where CO
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project. It has since been overtaken in terms of carbon capture capacity by projects such as the Shute Creek project and the
Century Plant. It is located in
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projects being developed within countries such as Canada, the
Weyburn project is essentially the first international project where physical quantities of CO
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The Midale oil field is about 102 square miles (260 km) in size, and has 515 million barrels (81,900,000 m) of oil-in-place. It began injecting CO
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is injected and key locations outside it, but the organization did monitor the Kerr's well between 2002 and 2006, finding no appreciable difference in
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injection by Cenovus at Weyburn was at ~6,500 tonnes per day. Apache Canada is injecting approximately 1,500 tonnes/day into the Midale field.
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leaks above the project was released in January 2011 by an advocacy group on behalf of owners of land above the project. They reported ponds
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geological storage data set in the world. The project's major technical research "themes" can be broadly broken out into four areas:
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in the area. These baselines were identified in 2001 and have helped to confirm through comparison with more recent readings that CO
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from the US to Canada and highlights the ability for international cooperation with GHG mitigation technologies. Whilst there are
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Based on preliminary results, the natural geological setting of the oil field was deemed to be highly suitable for long-term CO
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Monitoring and Storage Project is an international collaborative scientific study to assess the technical feasibility of
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The PTRC and IEA GHG issued a full report on the first phase, and it is available from the PTRC's website.
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geological storage. However, additional research was deemed to be needed to further develop and refine CO
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degradation. This issue is viewed as critical for resolving questions around long-term storage.
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Please help update this to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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721:"Land fizzing like soda pop: farmer says CO2 injected underground is leaking"
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Weyburn-Midale Fact Sheet: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Project
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of Calgary before its Saskatchewan operations were sold to
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642:"Cenovus selling majority stake in Weyburn oil project"
792:"More Fizz to Saskatchewan Carbon Storage Controversy"
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The research project accesses data from the actual CO
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