Weyburn-Midale CO₂ Project

History in the Making

1954

• Oil production begins at Weyburn and Midale fields

1998

• Pan Canadian (now Cenovus) announces plan to implement a large-scale EOR project using CO₂ captured from a coal gasification plant and pipelined 320km north to the Weyburn field
• Pipeline construction begins

1999

• IEA holds workshop to discuss research opportunity
• An international research team is created, and baseline data collection begins

2000

• Government, industry and researchers from around the world pool resources together to form the largest project ever to study CO₂ geological storage
• Pipeline construction completed and Cenovus begins injecting 5000 tonnes/day of 95% pure CO₂

2004

• Phase I completed
• Planning for Final Phase begins

2005

• Apache Canada joins Project and begins injecting 1300 tonnes/day of CO₂ for EOR at adjacent Midale field

2006

• Final Phase underway
  • Cenovus injecting 7000 tonnes/day (increasing oil production by 18,000 barrels/day)
  • Apache injecting 1800 tonnes/day