WCSB, Interior and Offshore Basins CO₂ Storage Assessment

CDL developed a British Columbia Carbon Storage Atlas in partnership with TGS for an integrated multi-national energy company. This project consisted of ranking storage potential and risks for saline aquifers in all areas of the province, including offshore basins.

Client

Confidential

Project Area

BC

Completed

Expected Completion

Not applicable

March 2, 2020

Project Overview

CDL and TGS developed a British Columbia Carbon Storage Atlas for an integrated multi-national energy company. The project involved ranking storage potential and risks for saline aquifers in all areas of the province, including offshore basins. Our team also ranked the storage potential of oil and gas pools in NEBC where there was significant oil and gas development.

CDL focused on sourcing reservoir parameters for the pools and saline aquifers in NEBC, and calculating CO₂ storage potential for all saline aquifers. We provided databases that allowed saline aquifers and depleted pools to be screened and ranked on many parameters including:

  • Effective CO₂ storage capacity
  • Percentage of hydrocarbons remaining to be produced (pools)
  • CO₂ phase, reservoir pressure, reservoir temperature
  • Rock properties such as porosity and permeability
  • Depth to the reservoir
  • Well density

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Project Significance

This project enabled the client to accelerate CCS strategies in British Columbia, direct investments efforts toward the most promising storage reservoirs and informed their integrated oil and gas exploration, development and export strategies.

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