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Husky CO2 – EOR Projects in Lloydminster area

Last modified: 2011-01-18T19:00:43+01:00

Brief description:

Husky CO2 – EOR Projects in Lloydminster area: Read more; Capture Method:
Post-combustion
Capture Technology:

Capital cost:
Financial support:
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Facts:

Country:

Canada

Project type: Capture Storage

Scale: Large

Status: Feasibility study

Financal support:
ecoENERGY Technology Initiative

Industry: Chemical products

Capture method: Post-combustion

Transport of CO2 by:

none

Type of storage:

EOR

Built upon the knowledge learned from Mervin CO2-EOR pilot, Husky will be conducting two more CO2-EOR projects in heavy oil reservoirs in Tangleflags and Lashburn, Saskatchewan.

This project will focus on targeted R&D activities to develop new knowledge and methods for enhanced oil recovery in heavy oil reservoirs, using injected CO2 that could be permanently stored in the reservoirs, a new approach in heavy oil extraction.

This project could lead to the collection of 300,000 ton of CO2 per year from the Husky upgrader and ethanol plant by purifying, dehydrating, compressing and transporting the CO2 to a heavy oil reservoir in the Lloydminster area. Husky is looking to capture approximately 100,000 tonnes of CO2 per year (roughly 250 tonnes/day) from Husky’s ethanol plant.

Husky's first ethanol plant, built in 1981 in Minnedosa, Manitoba, produces 10 million litres of ethanol for fuel and industrial use, primarily from wheat. The Lloydminster, Saskatchewan facility has production capacity of 130 million litres of ethanol per year.

The project capital cost is estimated at $300 million to $400 million.

Timing

The $5 million-to-$7 million component for which participants are now being sought is just the first phase of the three-phase project proposed for the Husky emissions source. This initial phase would try to secure government funding and do the front-end engineering design.
PTAC's schedule is: receive expressions of interest by the middle of next month, execute an agreement among participants by mid-year, launch the first phase by July and complete it by December.
The second phase (2009-12) of the CO2 capture-related work would include detailed engineering design for the facilities, regulatory applications and securing funding for the actual pilot.
The third phase (2012 and beyond) of the CO2-capture-related project would involve field implementation of the technology.

Financing

The project got funding from ecoENERGY Technology Initiative in March 2009, for targeted R&D activities, ($4 million) to the field pilots and reservoir/process investigations.