Application of satellite and airphoto remote sensing to risk assessment in the iea Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project, Canada

Publisher Summary The objectives of the IEA Weyburn CO 2 Monitoring and Storage Project are to assess the environmental, geological, and economic feasibility of sequestering CO 2 in a Mississippian-age carbonate reservoir at a depth of approximately 1400m. Airphoto and satellite remote sensing over the past few decades have been directed to exploration and development of oil and gas, potash, and groundwater resources in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Correlation of geological and geophysical maps and cross-sections with remotely sensed lineaments and lineament zones demonstrates the role and value of remote sensing in searching for joint zones (open-mode fractures), faults and related linear structural features. Based on these studies and developed knowledge, a project was designed to investigate the areal relationship of surface lineaments to inferred subsurface joint zones, faults and associated geological structures that may influence the long-term CO 2 storage performance at Weyburn.