Geochemical Effects of Storing CO2 in the Basal Aquifer that Underlies the Prairie Region in Canada

In the area underlain by the Basal Aquifer in the Prairie region of Canada, there are 20 large CO 2 null sources (coal-fired power plants, oil sands and heavy oil production and upgraders, refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants, fertilizer plants and cement plants) that emit more than 1 Mt CO2/year each, for a total of 83 Mt CO 2 /year,which represents 12% of canada ‘s anual greenhouse gas emissions. If post-combustion capture...