Regina: SaskPower announced November 22 that its Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility (BD3) recently surpassed three million tonnes (3Mt) of captured carbon dioxide.
Saskpower says BD3, designed and built by the University of Regina’s International CCS Knowledge Centre, “has the honour of being a first in the world – which means that it has not only pioneered the implementation of the technology but the willingness to be on the forefront of learning and adaptation.” The CO2 is used for enhanced oil recovery at the Weyburn oil field. The injected CO2 increases pressure on the oil and reduces viscosity.
BD3 was the foundation for the Knowledge Centre's second-generation CCS study, the Shand CCS Feasibility Study. The study found capital costs for the next plant to be 67% cheaper per tonne of CO2 captured and a capture rate able to reach up to 97% at reduced load while the plant is integrating with renewable electricity supplies.
Large-scale CCS has meant that over 43Mt on CO2 has been safely and permanently stored in Canada and therefore prevented from entering the atmosphere.
Large-scale CCS projects in Canada include:
• SaskPower's BD3 CCS Facility
• Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring & Storage Project
• Aquistore CO2 Storage Project
• Quest CCS Facility
• Alberta Carbon Trunk Line
• SaskPower's BD3 CCS Facility
• Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring & Storage Project
• Aquistore CO2 Storage Project
• Quest CCS Facility
• Alberta Carbon Trunk Line.