Bow Valley Carbon - Storage Demonstration Project

Lead Proponent

Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane Limited Partnership

Project Objectives

The objective of this project is to design and install a CO₂ compression and conditioning system, transportation pipeline, and sequestration well to address approximately 40,000 t CO₂/year of emissions from the Interpipeline Cochrane Natural Gas Extraction Plant.

Expected Results

This project aims to:

1. Validate carbonate reservoirs for CO₂ sequestration using advanced plume monitoring and modelling; 33% of Alberta CCS hub proponents plan to use carbonate formations.
2. Validate reservoir capacity and develop a new monitoring, measurement, and verification process to estimate storage efficiency of carbonate formations.
3. Capture and sequester 40,000 t CO₂/year, improving Cochrane’s air quality and lowering national emissions.
4. Advance the Bow Valley Carbon Hub (BVCH), intended to provide 5 Mtpa CO₂ sequestration capacity for the Calgary region.
5. Advance SensorEra’s plume monitoring technology, which can use the passive seismic monitoring system to dynamically track the subsurface CO₂ plume movement.
6. Enable the University of Calgary and Memorial University to publish academic studies on predictive modelling of CO₂ plume movement and subsurface interactions.