text: The Final Phase of the IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO Monitoring and Storage Project is utilizing scientific experts from most of the world's leading carbon capture and storage research organizations and universities to further develop and build upon the most scrutinized CO geological storage data set in the world.  
  The project's major technical research "themes" can be broadly broken out into four areas:
  Technical Components:
  * Site Characterization: The research will develop geocellular framework models that incorporate geotechnical and simulation work that will help with proper risk management of the site.
  *Wellbore Integrity: increase the knowledge, and assess the risk of leakage from enclosed wells caused by materials and cement degradation.  This issue is viewed as critical for resolving questions around long-term storage.
  * Monitoring and Verification: Field test and assess a range of geochemical and geophysical techniques for monitoring the injected CO.
  * Performance Assessment: Perform simulations for containment and performance assessments; engage public stakeholders and experts in the risk assessment process.
  Ultimately, the goal of the final phase of the project is to produce a best practices manual that can be used by other jurisdictions and organizations to help transition CO-EOR operations into long-term storage projects.  The research of the project's final phase should be complete in 2011, with the Best Practices Manual issued before the end of that year.