Carbon Conversion Capture and Storage: Reports and Publications

Reports and Publications

This is a selection of our published papers on our carbon research. Jump to a category:

Geological options for CO2 storage 

The CANiSTORE Program: Planning Options for Technology and Knowledge Base Development for the Implementation of Geological Storage, Research, Development and Deployment in Canada, W.D. Gunter, R.J. Chalaturnyk, S. Bachu, D. Lawton, D. Macdonald, I. Potter, K. Thambimuthu, M. Wilson, S. Wong and M. Heath, 94 pages (2004) 

CANiSTORE Final Report.pdf (3.7 MB)

Sedimentary Basins and Greenhouse Gases: A Serendipitous Association, Brian Hitchon, W.D. Gunter, Thomas Gentzis, Roger Bailey. Energy Convers. Mgmt. 40, 825-843 (1999)

Large CO2 Sinks: Their Role in the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases from an International, National (Canadian) and Provincial (Alberta) Perspective, W.D. Gunter, S. Wong, D.B. Cheel, G. Sjostrom. Applied Energy 61, 209-227 (1998)

Aquifer Disposal of Carbon Dioxide: Hydrodynamic and Mineral Trapping - Proof of Concept, Editor: B.Hitchon, Geoscience Publishing Ltd., Sherwood Park, Alberta (1996)

Capture of CO2

The CANiCAP Program: Planning Options for Technology and Knowledge Base Development for the Implementation of Carbon Capture and Transportation Research, Development and Deployment in Canada, W.D. Gunter, Bob Mitchell, I. Potter, Brent Lakeman and Sam Wong, 122 pages, (2005) 

CANiCAP Final Report.pdf (2.7 MB)

Surface Facilities Computer Model: An Evaluation Tool for Enhanced Coalbed Methane, Doug Macdonald, Sam Wong, W.D. Gunter, Rick Nelson and Bill Reynen, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on GHG Control Technologies, Kyoto, Japan, (editors: J. Gale & Y. Kaya), Pergamon Press, 575-580 (2003)

CO2 Trapping

The Role of Hydrogeological and Geochemical Trapping in Sedimentary Basins for Secure Geological Storage for Carbon Dioxide, W.D. Gunter, Stefan Bachu and Sally Benson, In: Baines, S.J. & Worden, R.H. (eds) Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 233, 129-145 (2004)

Aquifer Disposal of Acid Gases: Modelling of Water-Rock Reactions for Trapping Acid Wastes, W.D.Gunter, E.H. Perkins, Ian Hutcheon, Applied Geochemistry 15, 1085-1095 (2000)

Aquifer Disposal of CO2: Hydrodynamic and Mineral Trapping, Stefan Bachu, W.D. Gunter and E.H. Perkins, Energy Convers. Mgmt. Vol. 35, 269-279 (1994)

Aquifer Disposal of CO2-Rich Gases: Reaction Design for Added Capacity, W.D. Gunter, E.H. Perkins and Tom J.McCann, Energy Convers. Mgmt., Vol. 34, 941-948 (1993)

Monitoring

Pembina Cardium CO2 Monitoring Pilot Summary Report.pdf (3.5 MB)

Geological Storage of CO2: Time Frames, Monitoring and Validation of Technology, Rick Chalaturnyk and W.D. Gunter, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies: Volume I, E.S. Rubin, D.W. Keith & C.F. Gilboy (Eds.), Elsevier Ltd., 623-631 (2005)

Monitoring of Aquifer Disposal of CO2: Experience from Underground Gas Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery, W.D. Gunter, R.J. Chalaturnyk and J.D. Scott. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on GHG Control Technologies, Interlaken, Switzerland, (Editors: P. Reimer, B. Eliasson, A. Wokaun), Pergamon, 151-156 (1999)

International Analogues for Geological Storage: Acid Gas Reinjection

Acid Gas Injection in the Alberta Basin: A CO2 Storage Experience, Stefan Bachu and W.D. Gunter, In: Baines, S.J. and Worden, R.H. (eds) Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Geological Society, London, Special Publications 233, 225-234 (2004)

Enhanced Oil Recovery

Monitoring of Fluid-Rock Interaction and CO2 Storage through Produced Fluid Sampling at the Weyburn CO2-Injection Enhanced Oil Recovery Site, Saskatchewan, Canada, S. Emberley, I. Hutcheon, M. Shevalier, K. Durocher, B. Mayer, W.D. Gunter, and E.H. Perkins, Applied Geochemistry 20, 1131-1157 (2005)

Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery

Recommended Practices for CO2-Enhanced Coalbed Methane Pilot Tests Based on Canadian Experience in China, Bill Gunter, Sam Wong and Xiaohui Deng (Alberta Research Council Inc.), Rudy Cech (Sproule International Ltd.) Sorin Andrei, Doug Macdonald (SNC Lavalin Inc.), Prepared for Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Project A-030841, 174 pages (2007)

Enhanced Coalbed Methane and CO2 Storage in Anthracitic Coals - Micro-Pilot Test at South Qinshui, Shanxi, China, Sam Wong, David Law, Xiaohui Deng, John Robinson, Bernice Kadatz, William D. Gunter, Ye Jianping, Feng Sanli and Fan Zhiqiang, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 1 #2, 215-222

Secondary Porosity and Permeability of Coal vs. Gas Composition and Pressure, M.J. Mavor and W.D. Gunter, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, 114-125 (April, 2006)

Testing for CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Methane Production from Coal, M.J. Mavor, W.D. Gunter, J.R. Robinson, D. H-S Law and John Gale, SPE paper 75680, Presented at the SPE Gas Technology Symposium, May 30-April 2, Calgary, 14 p (2002)

Enhanced Recovery of Coalbed Methane with Carbon Dioxide Sequestration - Selection of Possible Demonstration Sites, International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme Report Number PH3/34, 178p. (2000)

Deep Coalbed Methane in Alberta, Canada: A Fuel Resource with the Potential of Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions, W.D. Gunter, T. Gentzis, B.A. Rottenfusser and R.J.H. Richardson, Energy Convers. Mgmt. 38 Suppl., S217-S222 (1997)

Enhanced Coalbed Methane: Methanogenesis

CBM Through ECBM Followed by Bacterial Regeneration of the CBM Reservoir: An Approach to Sustainability, K. Budwill, B. Kadatz, and W.D. Gunter, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Prospective Roles of CO2 Sequestration in Coal Seam, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, October 2004, 97-108 (2004)

Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery: Numerical Model Comparison

Comparison of Numerical Simulators for Greenhouse Gas Sequestration in Coalbeds, Part IV: History Match of Field Micro-Pilot Data, D.H.-S. Law, L.G.H. van der Meer and W.D. Gunter, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies: Volume II-Part II, M. Wilson, T. Morris, J. Gale & K. Thambimuthu (Eds.), Elsevier Ltd., 2239-2242 (2005)

Modelling of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Coal Beds: A Numerical Challenge, D.H.-S. Law, L.G.H. van der Meer, M.J. Mavor and W.D. Gunter, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on GHG Control Technologies, Cairns, Australia, (Editors: D.Williams, B. Durie, P. McMullan, C. Paulson, Andrea Smith) CSIRO Publishing, 537-542 (2001)