Company/Alliance: PCOR, Apache Canada Ltd
Location: Near Zama City, Alberta, Canada
Start Date: 2006
Size: 0.067 Mt/Yr
CO2 Source: Gas Processing- contains high H2S concentrations
Storage: Zama Keg River Oil Field (1470m depth)
Motivation/Economics: Determine the impact of injecting CO2 with high concentrations of H2S and EOR.
Comments: Injection of H2S with CO2 removes the need for expensive technology in order to remove the H2S from the CO2. The sulphur was previously stored in large mounds at the surface providing an environmental hazard. Sequestration of H2S reduces this problem. Geology of the Zama oil field, Carbonate reef mounds, make ideal traps for storing gases.
Project Link: Zama Acid Gas project update (2005) [PDF]
Other Sources and Press Release:
Apache EOR resource development benefits
Effect of H2S and Pressure depletion on the CO2 MMP of Zama Oils (August 2007) [PDF]
NETL report on start of Sequestration project (Nov 2006)
Sequestration test to start news report (July 2006)
