The Field Research Station (FRS) has been operational since 2015 as part of the Carbon Management Canada (CaMI) initiative. The primary objectives of the FRS include improving monitoring technology, determining CO2 detection thresholds, and establishing quantitative monitoring protocols. The facility achieves these goals through the controlled release of CO2 at varying depths, with a target of injecting 1000 tonnes per year. The on-site natural gas fuel cell serves as the source of CO2.

In preparation for the FRS, baseline assessments and new seismic data were acquired in 2014. Two wells were drilled to depths of 300 and 500 meters in 2014 and 2015, followed by the commencement of injection activities in 2015. The FRS serves as a realistic field setting for researching and evaluating monitoring technologies, including the testing of new measurement, monitoring, and verification (MMV) technologies such as fiber optic devices, slim wells, and analytical instruments for air and water analyses. The integration of low-resolution volume-based datasets (3D seismic volumes) with high-resolution point measurements (wells) is also explored.

The FRS program focuses on injecting small tonnages of CO2 (up to 1000 tonnes per year) into subsurface depths of approximately 300 meters and 700 meters. The injection targets are water-filled sandstones within Upper Cretaceous clastic reservoir formations, with overlying shales or mixed sand/shale sequences forming the cap rock. The facility has been utilized by several international projects since its establishment.