10 Years of Injection at Aquistore: Guiding CCUS into the Commercial Era

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

 

Registration: 11:45 AM MST

Start Time: 12:00 PM MST

End Time: 1:00 PM MST

Calgary Petroleum Club | 319 5 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 0L5

 

*This event will be in-person only, and will not be recorded.

Erik H. Nickel, M.Sc., P.Geo.

Interim CEO, PRTC

 

Erik Nickel graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1994with a degree in Geology. His first job was as a geological well site consultant “chasing rigs” throughout southeast Saskatchewan, guiding horizontals and picking core points. After this, Erik spent the next 16 years as a research geologist with the petroleum geology branch of the Saskatchewan Geological Survey, during which he completed a master's degree in 2008 from the University of Regina with a thesis on the sealing units for the Mississippian Midale Beds at the Weyburn CCUS/EOR project. 

 

His research interests, while at the survey, were primarily in the Mississippian carbonates of southeast Saskatchewan, authoring papers and other publications to help guide industry through the Saskatchewan subsurface.  Erik also studied many other aspects of Saskatchewan’s petroleum and natural gas resources, most notably an extensive body of work on the geology of Bakken tight oil reservoirs during the “shale boom” of the 2010s. 

 

Erik joined the PTRC in 2014 to assist in running their enhanced oil recovery programs. From there he has held successively more responsible positions , now finding himself as the (interim) CEO of the company.  Erik is responsible for the direction of the PTRC in fulfilling its aims and goals of provincial oil production improvement, CCUS development through field research, and new subsurface energy opportunities.

Lunch will be served. Please be sure to include your dietary restrictions during the online registration process so we can do our best to accommodate.

 

An event reminder will be sent the day before and the morning of the event.

Group discounts are now available! A discount of 10% will be applied at checkout for groups of 6-9 people, and a discount of 15% will be applied for groups of 10+ people. Please note the discount will only be applied if all tickets are purchased in the same transaction.

 

If you wish to reserve a table, please email calgarysection@spe.org and specify your company name and the specific event title/date to hold the reservation. Please note that table reservations only apply to groups of 8.