The project will put the Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre on a path to become the world’s first carbon neutral oil museum
The Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre in Devon, Alberta is converting an abandoned oil well to capture geothermal energy—a first in Canada.
It is part of the $1.4-million Living Energy Project, which will put the centre on a path to become the world’s first carbon neutral oil museum, using renewable energy systems built by Western Canadian oil service firms.
“Alberta has nearly 170,000 abandoned oil wells. Converting them to geothermal energy helps oil companies’ bottom line, cuts down methane leakage, produces free energy and gets oil service firms back to work,” says Mitchell Pomphrey, manager of the Living Energy Project. “It’s win-win-win for the industry, taxpayers and the environment.”