Weyburn Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration Project

Recovered an additional104 millionbarrels of incremental oil

Project will extend life of the facility by25 years

EOR incremental production for Weyburn:15,000 bbl/day

More than 1.7 million tonnes of CO₂/year
sequestered at Weyburn CO₂Enhanced Oil Recovery project

Challenges

Build largest CO₂flood operation in Canada
Unprecedented technology with no regulatory framework in place
Long project payout period

Solutions

Provided EPCM services for the installation of all surface facilities for the original Weyburn CO₂miscible flood.
Original surface facilities at the Central Process Unit included inlet separation, FWKO’s, two 6000-HP CO₂recycle compressors, CO₂dehydration, produced water injection, and 55 km of high-pressure CO₂distribution pipelines.
Expansion and upgrading projects included installation of a two-stage 17,500 HP CO₂recycle compressors, two CO₂dehydration facilities sized for 5,000 t/day of recycled CO₂, 530 m3/hr water injection pump, new transformer, a 30,000 bbl water storage tank with booster pumps, and upgrades to FWKO system.
Field facilities included all production/injection satellites, and production/injection pipelines.

Highlights

Proved technical and economic feasibility of carbon storage in geological formations
Proved CO₂injection as a viable method for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
Provided $3.5 billion in added value to the provincial economy

Project numbers

Projected to store 45 million net tonnes of CO₂over the project life
6000 t/dof CO₂injection,1.8 Mt/yrof CO₂injection (equivalent to600,000cars off the road for a year)