STEPS RESEARCH PROGRAM

Selected annually by industry partners, projects in the STEPS Research Program develop and test innovative technologies to increase oil production and decrease environmental impacts.

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WEYBURN - MIDALE
CO2 MONITORING

The continued success of this $80 million project studying CO2 geological storage will have incredible implications for reducing CO2 emissions throughout the world while simultaneously increasing oil production.

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Barrels of fresh water saved by the millions; billions of incremental barrels of oil produced; and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas not burned – all potential benefits of technologies being developed through the JIVE Project.


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AQUISTORE
PROJECT

 

A research project looking into capture of CO2 from an industrial source for storage in a Saskatchewan deep saline formation.


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CEO Malcolm Wilson in Alberta Oil Magazine

The PTRC's Malcolm Wilson spoke to Darren Campbell of Alberta Oil magazine about the advances being made in Saskatchewan with Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR).  Click here to read the article.



PTRC Accepts Global Achievement Award for IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale Project

The Petroleum Technology Research Centre was presented with a Global Achievment Award from the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) by the Honouragle Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources for the Government of Canada at a ceremony on March 20th.  The award, which was originally picked up by the federal government at the CSLF's Annual Meeting in Beijing in September of last year, was presented to the PTRC as managers of the IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project.  Click here to read more.



PTRC's Aquistore Project Secures 19 Million Dollars in Funding

At a press conference on March 20th in the lobby of the PTRC building, the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources for the Government of Canada accounced federal funding of more than 9 million dollars for the PTRC's Aquistore Project.  Combined with earlier funding announcements from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) of 5 million dollars, and from the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment's Go Green Fund of a further 5 million, means that Aquistore has now secured more than 19 million dollars.  Click here to read the Government of Canada's Press Release.



PTRC Signs Agreements on Sensor Research, CCS Cooperation in the Netherlands

The PTRC has signed two key memorandums of understanding with not-for-profit research organizations in the Netherlands to share knowledge and conduct research into enhanced oil recovery and carbon capture and storage.  Find out more by clicking on the headline.  Download the PDF version of the press release here.



Petroleum Technology Research Centre Receives Funding for Innovative Enhanced Oil Recovery Research

The PTRC have received $800,000 in funding from Western Diversification and Enterprise Saskatchewan, through the Western Economic Partnership Agreement, to conduct research that will reduce produced water during oil production.  An additional research program in microbial-EOR has also been funded.  Click here to view the press release.  Visit our STEPS website to view all of the PTRC's enhanced oil recovery research.



Cenovus Releases Weyburn Site Assessment Findings: Scientists Confirm CO2 Used in Oil Production Remains Underground

Cenovus Energy of Calgary, the operator of the Weyburn oil field in southeastern Saskatchewan, has released a report examining soil gas, well integrity and water quality on the land where allegations were raised in January of this year about CO2 contaminating soil and ground water.



PTRC a Proud Partner in the Weyburn Energy Innovation Centre

The Weyburn Energy Innovation Centre, located at the City Hall in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, opened its doors with an official launch event on September 28th.  The PTRC, as one of the four funding partners in this new interpretive centre, was on hand.



The IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project Receives Global Achievement Award

The PTRC, as the manager of the Weyburn-Midale Project, was one of the organizations cited in the announcement of a Global Achievement Award for the project by the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum in Beijing, China on September 21st.  Click here to read the CSLF press release.  Click here for a copy of the PTRC's own press release.



PTRC Announces Memorandum of Understanding with Holland's INCAS3

The PTRC and INCAS3, an independeant research institute based in the Netherlands that specializes in advanced sensor technologies, have signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate possible applications of these technologies to enhanced oil recovery.  Click here to read more.



PTRC announces the launch of its STEPS On-Line Research Community

The PTRC is pleased to announce the launch of its STEPS On-Line Research Community.  Click here to read the release.



The Petroleum Technology Research Centre Issues Its Findings on Petro-Find Geochem Ltd.'s Study into Claimed Leak of CO2 at Weyburn Oil Field

The PTRC, on behalf of the IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project, has released its findings into the Petro-Find Geochem Ltd. Report and its claims of CO2 leaking from the Weyburn oil reservoir onto the Kerr family farm.