About Us

Who is Canada's Carbon Capture & Storage Network?

The Canadian Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Network was created under the direction of the Council of Energy Ministers (CEM) in September 2008. It is a federal/provincial/territorial government-based network whereby government officials work collaboratively to address key CCS issues of common interest across Canada.

 The Network’s objectives are to:

  • discuss technical, policy, regulatory, communications and economic issues of common interest;
  • explore common interests in proposed and existing CCS initiatives;
  • become a one-stop, objective, technically-informed centre of information on CCS in Canada; share learnings and best practices, and develop common strategic approaches to technology, infrastructure, policy, regulatory and communication issues;
  • provide public education and outreach on CCS.

The mission of this network of policy makers and regulators is to facilitate the rapid deployment and commercialization of carbon capture and storage technologies in Canada. This initiative builds on others such as the G8 commitment to launch 20 CCS demonstration projects globally by 2010 and the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue to advance the deployment of transformational technologies through enhanced cooperation. Overall, this network is an important step for Canada in addressing the role of CCS in tackling the challenges of climate change and energy security. 

Share CCS101 on Facebook

The CCS101 Website:

CCS is gaining unprecedented public attention and so the IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project, along with the Government of Canada and participating Canadian provincial governments, have come together to create this website.

The Weyburn-Midale project has been operating within the community of Weyburn, Saskatchewan since 2000, with cooperation and support of the people of that community. We hope that this shared experience between the community, project operator and researchers will be of interest to other Canadians.

The IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project:

The IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project is the world’s first measurement, monitoring and verification program in connection with CO2 enhanced oil recovery operations.  It is the planet’s largest CO2 injection operation, and as of June 2010 had over 18 million tonnes of CO2 underground.  The project is proud to sponsor CCS101.ca.

The two oil fields where CO2 is being injected are operated by separate companies – Weyburn by Cenovus Energy and Midale by Apache Corporation.  The fields are located in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada.  The project leads international knowledge on measurement, monitoring and verification of injected CO2 at volumes that are at a commercial scale. At the end of oil recovery operations the site is projected to have stored 40 million tonnes of CO2 that would have otherwise been vented into the atmosphere – that’s over one tonne for every Canadian.

The research conducted on this project will develop best practices for transitioning CO2-EOR operations into long-term CCS projects around the world and will solidify Canada's position as a world leader in CO2 mitigation technologies.  In early 2009, the project was cited by US President Obama and Prime Minister Harper as an excellent example of cross-border cooperation on mitigating climate change.

For more information on the IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project follow this link to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre, which heads this international CO2 research initiative.  

Newsletter Signup

Please enter your e-mail here:

RSS Feed
About Us

Feature Video:

Shell's Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Project

The proposed Quest Project will capture and permanently store underground more than one million tonnes of CO2 per year from its Scotford Upgrader, located near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.