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PTRC Participates in First of Its Kind Study on Potential for CCS Hubs for Minerals and Power Production

PTRC is proud to have been working on this study in cooperation with our partners at the International Mineral Innovation Institute, BHP Billiton, Mosaic, SaskPower, Innovation Saskatchewan, Enbridge, and the International CCS Knowledge Centre.  Read the full press release from IMII here.


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Release: PTRC Receives the Carbon Storage Award at the Carbon Capture Canada Conference in Edmonton

For Immediate Release September 13, 2023 PTRC is grateful and delighted to have been awarded the Carbon Storage Award at the Carbon Capture Canada Conference in Edmonton on September 13th at a Gala Awards Ceremony.  The award was in recognition for its work on the Aquistore deep saline storage project.   PTRC is thankful for the acknowledgement of the…


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PTRC Hosts Plenary Meeting of the International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 265

This release is available as a downloadable PDF. PTRC Hosts Plenary Meeting of the International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 265 Setting Global Standards for Carbon Capture, Transportation, and Storage. May 31, 2023                            For…


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Aquistore Project Reaches +500,000 Tonnes of CO2 Stored

The Petroleum Technology Research Centre announced today that the Aquistore Deep Saline CO2 Storage Project, located 3 km from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam CCS Facility, has reached the milestone of permanently storing 500,000 tonnes (500 Kt) of CO2 while the Boundary Dam power plant produces over 120 MW of clean baseload electricity.  “This represents a major success story for…


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