Overview
As carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects move into long‑term operation, accurate measurement, monitoring, and verification (MMV) are essential to ensure safe storage, regulatory compliance, and public confidence. Effective MMV practices support emissions accounting, risk management, and performance assessment throughout the life of a CCS project.
In Measurement, Monitoring and Verification, you’ll examine the principles, regulations, and technologies used to monitor and verify sequestered carbon dioxide. You’ll explore the characteristics of CO₂ relevant to long‑term storage, regulatory and policy requirements for MMV, and the development of project‑ and site‑specific MMV plans. The course also introduces modelling, monitoring techniques, data analytics, and verification approaches used to demonstrate containment and compliance.
To support this learning, the course is delivered online in a self‑paced format with instructor assistance. You’ll engage with structured content, applied assignments, and quizzes that encourage you to analyze monitoring approaches, interpret data, and evaluate MMV strategies using real‑world CCS contexts. Learning activities emphasize how MMV integrates technical, regulatory, and operational considerations across the CCS lifecycle.
By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to evaluate and apply MMV principles to carbon sequestration projects, interpret monitoring data, and assess compliance with regulatory requirements. You’ll be able to contribute informed technical input to MMV planning, reporting, and verification activities in CCS projects, with an understanding of how monitoring and modelling support long‑term storage performance and risk management.
This course is ideal if you:
- want to deepen your understanding of measurement, monitoring, and verification in CCS
- work in geoscience, engineering, data analysis, regulatory, or monitoring roles related to carbon storage
- are involved in or preparing for CCS project planning, operations, or compliance activities
- need applied context for how MMV supports safe, effective carbon sequestration.
Completion of ENVS 011 Introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage is required before taking this course. No additional education or work experience is required; learners should be comfortable working with technical and regulatory concepts related to carbon capture and storage.
Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll be able to:
- describe the fundamental characteristics and properties of CO2 and implications for long-term under-ground carbon sequestration
- demonstrate an understanding of the regulations, principles and objectives associated with monitoring, measuring and verifying sequestered carbon emissions
- demonstrate an understanding of the dimensions required for carbon sequestration project and site-specific MMV plans including monitoring techniques to track the behaviour of injected CO2 and demonstrate containment
- describe the different approaches and technologies used for monitoring and measuring atmospheric, biospheric, hydrosphere,geospheric conditions around underground carbon storage sites
- demonstrate an understanding of the importance of modelling to predict the performance of injected carbon behaviour
- describe how to conduct data analytics to verify that CO2 sequestration sites are conforming to regulatory permits
- describe emissions accounting and reporting requirements.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
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After you've completed this course
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Costs
Textbook and reading list
Included in the purchase of this course, you'll receive access to online course content in Brightspace (D2L).
Technology
To be successful in this course, you’ll need:
- Access to your own computer or laptop with standard hardware/software requirements
- Internet access.
Financial support
Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants, including the Canada Alberta Productivity Grant.
Applicable certificates
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