Sectors We Serve:
Geologic CO2 Sequestration

The magnitude of the effort required to achieve globally significant, long term geologic storage of CO2 will be of the same order as the current activity of the oil and gas sector. Significant work needs to be done to identify and characterize target geologic formations for injection of the CO2, and to gain the confidence of the public and government regulators that this can be done safely and economically.

Several issues need to be addressed including:

• Will the carbon dioxide remain in the ground?
• If it does migrate where will it go (to the surface or fresh water aquifers)?
• What type of monitoring should be used to detect leakage?
• Although geologic sequestration is technically feasible, is it the most cost effective way to deal with carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels?

Ron Collings (Vice President of RCE) has extensive experience in enhanced oil recovery projects using carbon dioxide injection. Mr. Collings was a production engineer for the giant Rangely Weber Sand Unit oil field during the installation of the CO2 injection (EOR) project infrastructure and was later the Reservoir Engineer responsible for monitoring and enhancing the oil recovery process at the project. This experience provides RCE with the knowledge base to help develop feasibility studies as well as project protocols and baseline and monitoring methodologies for geologic sequestration projects.