A Saskatchewan couple says carbon dioxide that was supposed to be permanently injected under their farmland near Weyburn is leaking out.
Cameron and Jane Kerr, who moved to Regina in 2004 after they first noticed problems with their well and surface water, want a full investigation into why the water is bubbling and foaming and small animals are found dead around ponds.
They say they have also heard explosions in a gravel pit.
Today they released a consultant’s report on soil gas levels on their land. Petro-Find GeoChem of Saskatoon found unusually high carbon dioxide and methane levels in the soil.
The Kerrs’ land is on top of a Cenovus Energy (formerly EnCana) carbon capture and storage site, in which the company pumps 8,000 tonnes of gas per day. The practice is meant to enhance oil recovery and sequester carbon underground.
