Presenting at the EAGE Conjugate Margins Conference
The Geological Carbon Storage Atlas of Eastern Canada, commissioned by Natural Resources Canada with support from carbon removal project developer Deep Sky and completed in conjunction with CanmetENERGY, will be presented by Neil Hackett at the upcoming 9th EAGE Conjugate Margin Conference & Exhibition. This presentation focuses primarily on the quantitative assessment of deep saline CCS storage potential in the South Whale and Jeanne d’Arc basins, as well as qualitative assessments of the Whale, Flemish Pass, and Orphan basins. These failed‑rift, Mesozoic offshore basins contain multiple stacked storage complexes (aquifer – seal pairs) that were locally sourced from surrounding structural highs. They are characterized by thick, laterally extensive aquifers with high porosity and permeability that are overlain by regionally continuous, high‑quality sealing shales. Many of these storage complexes are the primary and secondary reservoir targets of existing fields with established water and gas injection histories increasing the confidence in reservoir performance for CCS applications. Most storage complexes occur at depths and pressures where CO₂ is supercritical, providing favourable conditions for large‑scale, long‑term geological storage.
