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The PTRC was pleased to guide two Canadian Senators from the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on a tour of the Aquistore research site on October 7, 2016.  Senators Dennis Patterson and Percy Mockler visited SaskPower's Boundary Dam Carbon Capture Facility, and then travelled the two kilometres to the Aquistore injection wells to learn about the extensive…

PTRC’s Aquistore Project Announces First Year of Research Results at Annual General Meeting With over ten gigatonnes of global CO2 emissions each year coming from coal fired energy generation, carbon capture and storage is an important part the solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The  Aquistore Project near Estevan Saskatchewan – the world’s first CO2 storage…

The 10th Annual IEAGHG Summer School, hosted by the BHP Billiton SaskPower CCS Knowledge Centre, is occurring on the University of Regina Campus from July 18th to 22nd. Built on the success of previous years’ schools held Perth Australia, Decatur Illinois, Austin Texas, Kloser Seeon Germany, and Svalbard Norway, the school has  select graduate students from around the world …

Organizations announce agreement to undertake applied research and collaboration for carbon management. The Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) and the CO2 Commonwealth Research Centre (CO2CRC) are pleased to announce the formal signing of a memorandum of understanding.  As a leader in the field of carbon management, PTRC manages all research associated with Aquistore - the…