Enhance’s Origins CCS Hub: Development and Regulatory Work Informing Final Investment Decision

Lead Proponent

Enhance Energy Inc.

Project Objectives

The objective of this project is to enable the first commercial-scale, permanent CO₂ storage in a pressure-depleted saline aquifer within a Canadian carbonate reservoir by supporting regulatory compliance for Origins.

Expected Results

This project aims to:

1. Bring $200 –$400 million in direct investment to the region and attract carbon intensive businesses to locate in Central Alberta.
2. Enable emissions intensive industries in maintaining operations and jobs in the short to mid-term.
3. Attract diverse low carbon investments, including hydrogen, agriculture, petrochemicals, power generation, critical minerals, waste-to-energy, and direct air capture.
4. Foster IP generation in clean tech, particularly CCUS technologies that may be enabled by Enhance’s CCS hub.
5. Advance and share industry best practices for measuring, monitoring and validation, confirming sequestration permanence.
6. Provide public access to data from well drilling and construction through the regulator.