Talk Library

Talk Library

Explore Ontario's resources, business opportunities, and knowledge through past talks organized by theme. Ontario, Canada, is a major energy producing, storage, and trading hub.

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Carbon Capture and Storage

Storage assessment, reservoir characterization, drilling techniques, and regulatory pathways for carbon management.

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Compressed Air Energy Storage

Subsurface storage options, cavern vs. porous storage concepts, review of operating projects.

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Hydrogen and Helium

Hydrogen storage, helium extraction, materials and well integrity, hydrogen hubs, and system design considerations.

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Geology and Science

Foundational geoscience topics that support better decisions: stratigraphy, structural geology, petrophysics, core workshops, and education.

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Natural Gas Storage

Storage in porous bedrock, natural gas in caverns, transmission, blending, reservoir mechanics, etc.

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Oil and Natural Gas E&P

Regional plays, oil, gas, modern subsurface workflows, and insights from legacy data and new interpretation.

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Plugging and Legacy

Plugging technology and experiences, legacy wells, and the history of the petroleum industry in Ontario.

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Regulation and Law

Considerations for operating in Ontario with regard to regulations and law.

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Salt, Brine, Cavern Storage

Solution mining, cavern development and monitoring, salt mining, and the geology underpinning storage and brine.

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Watch by theme

The video gold volume below replaces the OPI's hard copy gold volume that was published for 52 years with the goal of preserving speaker and industry knowledge. Thank you to all the speakers, and authors, who have participated in the hard copy and video gold volumes.

Carbon Capture and Storage

Storage assessment, reservoir characterization, drilling techniques, and regulatory pathways for carbon management.

Video Gold Volumes

Carbon Capture and Storage in Southwestern Ontario: The Geologic Challenges (2025). Dr. Bruce Hart.
Commercializing CCUS - Lessons learned from the UK Experience (2025). Dr. Phil Walsh.
Geological CO₂ Sequestration in SW Ontario: Status and Technical Issues (2025). Maurice Dusseault.
Innovative Drilling and Assessment Techniques for Carbon Capture and Underground Storage (2025). Jacob Wright and Jason Dodd.
Key Geotechnical Lab Tests for Underground C0₂ Storage (2025). Ming Liu.
THE HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHALLENGE OF GEOLOGICAL CO₂ STORAGE IN THE ONTARIO CAMBRIAN FM (2025). R.E. Jackson.
Carbon Sequestration Policy in North America: Lessons for Ontario? (2023). Dr. Phil Walsh.
The Pathways Alliance Vision: Net Zero by 2050 (2023). Robert K. Mugo.

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Compressed Air Energy Storage

Subsurface storage options, cavern vs. porous storage concepts, review of operating projects.

Video Gold Volumes

Bedrock Energy Corp.'s Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) (2023). Zain Javed.
Bedrock Energy Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) Project Update (2022). Evan Tummillo and Tanya Mackie.
Bedrock Energy: Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) in Reservoir Rock (2021). Jim McIntosh and Stephen Sangiuliano.
Compressed Air Energy Storage: Learnings from #1 and the Future of the Technology (2019). Katherine Peretick.
The Outlook for Compressed Air Energy Storage of Electricity in SW Ontario (2019). Matt Davison.
Economic Perspective on Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) (2019). Allan Fogwill.
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) (2018). Eric Tharumalingam.

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Hydrogen and Helium

Hydrogen storage, helium extraction, materials and well integrity, hydrogen hubs, and system design considerations.

Video Gold Volumes

Helium Exploration East of the Mississippi River, North America (2025). Steven Tedesco.
Advancing Hydrogen for Clean Energy Systems through Hubs (2023). Jacquie Hoornweg.
The Hydrogen Supplement to CSA Z341 (2023). R. Coleman Hale.
Moving to a Hydrogen Economy: The role of Carbon Sequestration (2023). Dr. Philip Walsh.
Sarnia-Lambton: Ontario's Hydrogen Hub (2023). Matthew Slotwinski.

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Geology and Science

Foundational geoscience topics that support better decisions: stratigraphy, structural geology, petrophysics, core workshops, and education.

Video Gold Volumes

A 3D geological-hydrogeological modelling framework for southern Ontario (2025). Hazen Russell.
How do we integrate geological 3D models into university education to make career-ready graduates? (2025). John Johnston.
Middle Ordovician and Cambrian-aged Sediments of Southwestern Ontario - Core Workshop (2025). Allan Phillips.
Understanding Ontario's Cambrian, A Core Workshop (2024). Ian Colquhoun.
Geoscience Site Characterization of the South Bruce Area (2022). Andrew Parmenter.
A 3-D bedrock hydrostratigraphic model of southern Ontario (2022). Terry Carter.
Grab hold of your data - 3D printing for geoscientists (2022). Jordan Clark.
Methane and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions from Oil and Gas Wells in Ontario (2022). Khalil El Hachem.
Porosity and Permeability in the Silurian Lockport Group and Salina Group A-1 Carbonate (2022). Shuo Sun.
Subsurface Correlation of the Lower Silurian Medina Group (2022). Rhys Paterson.
A Revised 3-D Bedrock Model of Southern Ontario & Progress on a 3-D Hydrostratigraphic Model (2021). Terry Carter.
Porosity and Permeability Variation and Evolution in the Silurian Lockport Group (2021). Shuo Sun.
A 3-D Tour of the Paleozoic Bedrock Geology of Southern Ontario (2019). Terry Carter.
The Anthropocene – Proposed GSSP in Varved Sediments from Crawford Lake (2019). Francine McCarthy.
Embracing Uncertainty in Numerical Models (2019). Robert Walsh.
Recent Resurgence in the Devonian Dundee Play, Central Michigan Basin (2019). Bill Van Sickel and Colin Gray.
Using Big Data to Quantify Re-Entry Potential for Niagaran Reef Reservoirs in Michigan (2019). Jonathan Garrett.
Building a Regional 3-D Geologic Model of the Paleozoic Bedrock of Southern Ontario (2018). Terry Carter.

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Natural Gas Storage

Storage in porous bedrock, natural gas in caverns, transmission, blending, reservoir mechanics, etc.

Video Gold Volumes

The Evolution and Devolution of Unregulated Storage in Ontario (2025). Hilton P Johnston.
Key Elements for Underground Energy Storage Containers (2024). Hilton P Johnston.
Connecting Stakeholders to the Natural Gas Distribution System (2023). Susannah K. Robinson.
Underground Energy Storage in Porous Reservoirs in Ontario (2018). David Thompson.

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Oil and Natural Gas E&P

Regional plays, oil, gas, modern subsurface workflows, and insights from legacy data and new interpretation.

Video Gold Volumes

Lagasco Update: Key Issues Affecting Profitability of Ontario Natural Gas Producers (2021). Scott Lewis.
Lagasco Inc. Looking Towards the Future (2019). Jane Lowrie and Jennifer Nisker.
Exploring Ontario Atlas, The Oil and Gas Plays of Ontario (2018). Ian Colquhoun.
The Ontario Opportunity – A Basin-Entry Perspective (2018). Dr. Laurent de Verteuil.

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Plugging and Legacy

Plugging technology and experiences, legacy wells, and the history of the petroleum industry in Ontario.

Video Gold Volumes

Lost and Found: Rediscovering Legacy Well Construction Methods (2025). Christina Sydorko.
Wheatley Gas Explosion Site Investigation (2025). Duncan Hamilton.
What to do about an old oil or gas well on your property (Ontario) (2024). Jug Manocha.
A Legacy of Innovation: the petroleum industry in Southwestern Ontario (2023). Christina Sydorko.
Flowing Wells in the Big Creek Valley, Norfolk County - History, Conditions and Remediation Options (2022). Cam Baker.
Oil Springs and Petrolia, a glimpse at the early years of Canada’s Oil Industry (2022). Allan Phillips.
Successful Plugging of an Oil Well on Lake Erie Bluff (2021). Jim McIntosh.
A Geochemical Approach for Tracing Leaking Well Fluids in Southwestern Ontario (2018). Dr. Fred J. Longstaffe.
History, mandate and operations of the Indian Oil and Gas Canada organization (2018). Shawn Williams.
“Omaha!” A Pundits Playbook to In-Situ Remediation of PHCs (2018). Gary Winthrop.

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Regulation and Law

Considerations for operating in Ontario with regard to regulations and law.

Video Gold Volumes

Navigating Ontario's Regulatory Hurdles: Strategies and insights (2025). Peter Budd.
Property: The Right to Extract vs. the Right to Store (2025). Dan Silber.
Playing Nice in the Sandbox – multiple energy projects on the same land (2022). Dan Silber.
Supporting Ontario’s Safe Employers (2021). Ron Kelusky.

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Salt, Brine, Cavern Storage

Solution mining, cavern development and monitoring, salt mining, and the geology underpinning storage and brine.

Video Gold Volumes

Drilling in the Salina Salt Formations (2023). Colton Long and Patrick Seymour.
Update on Salt Cavern Storage in Ontario (2023). Terry Carter and Ben Barnes.
Hydrocarbon Storage in Porous Rock Reservoirs and Salt Solution Mined Caverns (2018). Jug Manocha.

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Past programs

Find abstracts, speaker biographies, and core workshops from past events.

2026

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2025

2024

2023

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2022

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2019

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2018

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2017

Gold Volumes 1962 to 2007