I'm actually not even surprised this hasn't gotten more media coverage, especially here in Alberta considering we're one of the leaders in developing this kind of technology. The media is more interested in telling everyone we're screwed, instead of telling us about the projects being developed to reduce carbon emissions.
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A new approach that is one of the first to successfully store carbon dioxide underground may have huge implications for global warming and the oil industry, says a University of Alberta researcher. Dr. Ben Rostron is part of an extensive team working on the $28 million International Energy Agency Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project--the largest of its kind--that has safely buried the greenhouse gas and reduced emissions from entering the atmosphere.
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Not only has the project been successful to demonstrate one way for the industry to have economically reduced carbon dioxide emissions that would have otherwise gone into the atmosphere, but it allows the oil industry to pump carbon dioxide into its wells and produce extra oil, said Rostron. The work also demonstrates that geological sequestration can be successful, enabling wider application in other parts of the country and the world, he said.
"The oil companies have seen incremental production close to what they predicted and from the scientists' point-of-view, we've been able to see a response to our techniques and been able to monitor it very, very closely," said Rostron, the hydrogeology co-ordinator on the project. "Everything we've done has shown us this is a good place to store carbon dioxide.
"Countries around the world are spending millions to investigate this same technique and we've been able to do with success."
The project is co-ordinated by the Petroleum Technology Research Centre and is sponsored by Natural Resources Canada, the U.S. Department of Energy, Alberta Energy Research Institute, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, the European Community, and 10 industrial sponsors. Research is being conducted by universities, industry, federal and provincial government agencies in North America and Europe.
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-ucd062504.php
Or maybe we should schedule another Earth Hour.....
