Cenovus Minnedosa

The Minnedosa CCS project is a carbon capture and storage initiative led by Cenovus Energy at its Minnedosa Ethanol Plant in Manitoba, Canada, focused on evaluating the technical and geological feasibility of permanently storing CO₂ captured from ethanol production. The project includes drilling an appraisal well, collecting core and reservoir data, and completing a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study to define storage viability, infrastructure requirements, and project costs. The work is supported in part by Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program and Clean Fuels Program, which are funding feasibility and subsurface characterization activities to help reduce the carbon intensity of Canadian biofuel production. If advanced to full deployment, the project would enable on-site capture and geological sequestration of biogenic CO₂, positioning the Minnedosa facility as a low-carbon ethanol producer while supporting Canada’s broader emissions-reduction and net-zero goals (Cenovus Energy; Natural Resources Canada).