Carbon Sequestration Underground Storage

Carbon Sequestration Underground Storage

Issued by Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

This course covers the fundamental characteristics & properties of CO2 & implications for underground sequestration, regulations, tools & techniques, & long-term storage strategy. Our experienced instructor will be a valuable resource as you work through this online course. This course has been designed to expand the knowledge & expertise of learners with experience characterizing & evaluating subsurface geology including geoscientists, engineers and technologists.

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • detail the fundamental characteristics and properties of CO2 and implications for safe and secure underground sequestration
  • describe current and emerging regulations that impact CO2 underground sequestration
  • demonstrate an understanding of tools and techniques utilized to assess capacity, injectivity and containment of CO2 underground and how to use them
  • demonstrate an understanding of the components of a long-term CO2 storage strategy that includes zone selection and design, drilling plan and wellbore design and injection and well testing.