CCS Virtual Open House
An interactive overview of Carbon Capture and Storage, how it works, and Enbridge’s activities in the space.
Open Access Wabamun Carbon Hub
Collaborative low-carbon solutions like the Wabamun Hub under development west and north of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada are needed across North America to support decarbonization of industries like cement, power generation, steel, petrochemicals, hydrogen, and oil and gas production and refining.
The Wabamun Hub is being developed to provide dedicated, utility-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation and storage solutions serving CO2 capture projects including Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton Capture Project (more than 1 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of CO2, with in-service in 2027).
The Wabamun Hub is being designed on an open-access basis for other nearby industrial facilities.
Importantly, once built, the five most proximate Indigenous communities (Alexander First Nation, Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, Enoch Cree Nation, Paul First Nation, and the Lac Ste. Anne Métis Community Association) will have the opportunity to co-own the Wabamun Hub’s CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure, which will generate meaningful, predictable, and long-term revenue streams for these communities.
In 2022, through a Government of Alberta-led competitive process, Enbridge was awarded evaluation rights in two deep saline reservoirs corresponding to approximately 220,000 hectares west and north of Edmonton, Alberta: the Basal Sandstone Unit (with a true vertical depth of 2,300-3,300 metres in this part of Alberta) and Nisku formation (with a true vertical depth of 1,550-2,200 metres in this part of Alberta).
Since the award of evaluation rights in 2022, Enbridge has been actively developing the Wabamun Hub, including through the drilling and testing of two evaluation wells: one in the spring of 2023 in the Wabamun Hub's south permit area, and a second in December 2023/January 2024 in the Wabamun Hub's north permit area. No CO2 has been injected to date.
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Project overview:
- Type: Carbon transportation and storage
- Status: In development
- To transport: Carbon dioxide (CO2)
- Target storage formations: Basal Sandstone Unit (2,300-3,300 metres) and Nisku formation (1,550-2,200 metres)
- Target in-service date: 2027
Project Information:
Project milestones
January 2022
Enbridge and Heidelberg Materials (formerly Lehigh Cement) sign MOU to jointly evaluate and advance the Wabamun Hub, with Enbridge as the CO2 transportation and storage service provider.
February 2022
Letters of Intent are signed with local Indigenous communities (Alexander First Nation, Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, Enoch Cree Nation, Paul First Nation and the Lac Ste. Métis Community Association). These communities will have the opportunity to co-own the Wabamun Hub’s CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure, once built.
March 2022
The Government of Alberta awards evaluation rights to six carbon hub proposals, including Enbridge’s Wabamun Hub. Enbridge is awarded evaluation rights in two deep saline reservoirs (the Basal Sandstone Unit and the Nisku formation) corresponding to approximately 220,000 hectares west and north of Edmonton, Alberta.
February to April 2023
The Wabamun Hub’s first evaluation well is drilled in the south permit area, near Warburg, Alberta.
December 2023 to January 2024
The Wabamun Hub’s second evaluation well is drilled in the north permit area, north of Carbondale, Alberta.
Spring 2024
The Wabamun Hub is awarded support from Alberta Innovates for a CO2 storage development and optimization project.
February 2024 to present
Ongoing analysis of collected subsurface data. Increased public consultation, including virtual and in-person open houses.
