'What happens when CO2 is stored underground' is a very useful guide for those at the frontline, communicating and educating the public about CO2 and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The booklet provides simple answers to some of the most frequently asked questions around CCS, all grounded in the experience, and extensive research results, of the IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage program – an internationally significant research program that operated in Saskatchewan, Canada from 2000-2012. This webinar provided opportunity to join lead author, Norm Sacuta from the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) and Kirsty Anderson from the Global CCS Institute, as they gave an overview of the resource, and discuss the findings from a review process that involved community stakeholder focus groups and a communication expert review panel. The webinar was designed to be an interactive medium and questions from the audience were actively encouraged.

1. An overview and explanation of the creation of the
communication resource, “What happens when CO2
is stored underground?”
Thursday 23 October 2014, 1600 CEST

2. Norm Sacuta
Communications Manager – Petroleum Technology Research Centre
 Petroleum Technology Research Centre
 Natural Resources Canada
 Freelance writing, technical editing and journalism

3. Kirsty Anderson
Principal Manager – Public Engagement, Global CCS Institute
 Global CCS Institute
 ScottishPower CCS Consortium (the Longannet
Project)
 European Athletics
 Scottish Athletics
 National Health Service

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5. An overview and explanation of the creation
of the Global CCS Institute's resource, "What
happens when CO2 is stored underground?
Q&A from the IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2
monitoring and storage project"
Norm Sacuta, Communications Manager, PTRC
Kirsty Anderson, Principal Manager Public
Engagement, Global CCS Institute
October 23, 2014

6. IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring
& Storage Project (WMP) 2000 to 2012
Commercial EOR operations in
Weyburn and Midale oilfields
utilise anthropogenic CO2
Over 25Mt of CO2 injected and
stored since 2000
WMP has used these sites to
study technical aspects of CO2
geological storage

7. Best Practices Manual
• Characterization
• Performance Predictions
• Geochemical Monitoring
• Geophysical Monitoring
• Performance Validation
• Well Integrity
• Risk Assessment
• Community Outreach

8. Public Communications and Outreach
• Development of a public educational
resource on CCS (www.ccs101.ca)
• Printable resources created, linking to
other reputable sources
• Permanent display at Weyburn City Hall
• Portable display for teachers’
conferences and open houses
• Focus group testing to improve website
content
• Development of recommendations on
crisis communications arising from
leakage allegations
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9. Joint Global CCS Institute – PTRC Project
“Creating Core Messages”
Initial Questions:
• What do the Weyburn results tell us about the
main questions often raised by the general
public about CCS?
• Is there a way of taking Weyburn knowledge
and experience and making it understandable
and engaging for the general public and
useful to other CCS project developers?

10. Joint Global CCS Institute – PTRC Project
“Creating Core Messages”: Process
Initial Process:
• Review 2009 stakeholder results from
the Weyburn Project
• Identify key questions raised by
Weyburn Community
• Literature, project and web review to
identify other key questions
• 48 most often raised questions
identified

11. Joint Global CCS Institute – PTRC Project
“Creating Core Messages”: First Draft
General answer
Brought back to
Weyburn

12. “Creating Core Messages”: Focus Groups
September 24-25, 2013
September 24 grouping
4 males, 4 females
18-39 (2), 40-59 (2) and 60+ (4)
Education ranged from
uncompleted high school to
masters degree
September 25 grouping
5 females, 3 males
18-39 (4), 40-59 (2) and 60+ (2)
Less educated, more community
leaders, more youth

13. “Creating Core Messages”: Focus Groups
September 24–25, 2013
• Document Effectiveness
• Information Needs Met
• Trusted Information Sources
• Intuitive Format
• Appropriate Language
• Illustration & Design
• Material Recall

14. “Creating Core Messages”: Focus Groups
September 24-25, 2013
Negative Reactions to Booklet:
more information needed
 Information source – who does WMP
represent, who is providing this
information?
 What ifs – of operations impacting
personal safety and the environment
 Long term security of storage
“What do you mean – safely store CO2 for
thousands of years?”

15. Peer Review of Focus Group Results and
Document, November 14, 2013
Communications experts from North
America and Europe were invited to
take part in a workshop to review the
focus group research findings.
The intent of the workshop was to
share learnings from the focus groups
and to review the document itself.
•Kirsty Anderson (Global CCS Institute)
•Richard Fink (Empresa
Communications)
•Chris Smith (ENGO Network)
•Lori Gauvreau (Schlumberger)
•Dan Daly (EERC/PCOR)
•Jonathan Tremblay (SaskPower)
•Sallie Greenberg (Decatur/Illinois
Geological Survey)
•Aleana Young (PTRC, Aquistore)
•Duncan Kenyon (Pembina Institute)
•Twila Walkeden (Cenovus)
•Jolene Goulden (PTRC)

16. Expert Review Recommendations
 More clearly spell out what WMP has to say that is of value.
 Clearer definition of Weyburn as an EOR project required.
 Document viewed as a source book for use by communicators on
other projects and policy makers.
 Parts of the EOR operations (such as capture in Beulah, transport, and
injection) that were not part of the research should perhaps be excised
entirely from the document.
 Improvement and consistency in images across document.

17. Revision
Order and structure simplified:
1. Economics and Regulation
removed as a category; question
and answers re-ordered
2. Some Q & A removed
3. Clearly defining Weyburn as
EOR, but identifying that
measurement and monitoring of
stored CO2 is applicable to CCS
From four sections:
1. The Basics: CO2
2. Carbon Capture and Storage
3. CCS in your Community
4. CCS: Economics and Regulations
To three:
1. The Basics
2. What Happens to CO2
Underground?
3. What Ifs? The Most Common
Questions About CCS

18. Reworked Questions, Answers and Images

19. Going Forward
• Group consensus that similar initiatives on other projects with expertise
in different areas would be beneficial.
• Consensus that the collection of experts brought together from projects,
ENGOs, academia and industry, provided a great opportunity to develop
a wider public communications initiative.
• Support for the potential development of short films from experts
around the world (from academia/ industry/ projects/ governments and
NGOs) providing short, simple answers to some of the most commonly
asked questions on CCS.
• Hoping to engage the original Peer Review Group, and perhaps listeners
today, in forming a working group to identify experts and help create
both interactive and additional print materials from other active projects.

20. Questions?
www.globalccsinstitute.com http://ptrc.ca
kirsty.anderson@globalccsinstitute.com norm.sacuta@ptrc.ca

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