05/23/2026
Happy to announce the successful completion of the first course in the new University of Calgary Graduate Certificate Program for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage! Next up is "Subsurface Energy Engineering", which will cover reservoir engineering fundamentals, similar to that covered in my undergrad Chemical Engineering training 45 years ago. Interesting to learn in the first couple of classes, that many, if not all, of the principles and equations developed for oil & gas reservoir engineering are easily adapted to CCS and geothermal situations.
Looking forward to our next field trip to see first hand the Carbon Management Canada Newell Lake Research Station near Brooks, AB, where CMC Research Institutes and the University of Calgary do joint research "for the development of monitoring technologies for CO2 in storage operations, and to detect leaked or fugitive methane emissions. It also has a facility for the scale up and piloting of carbon capture and conversion innovations."
