Engineering Design Group Deploys Soil-Gas Profiling Instruments at Carbon Management Canada’s Field Research Station
BROOKS, ALBERTA – July 23, 2026
Carbon Management Canada's (CMC) Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) welcomes Engineering Design Group (EDG) to their field site as part of the AMPS (Advanced Multi-Physics Spare monitoring project) funded by Emission Reduction Alberta (https://www.eralberta.ca/projects/details/advanced-multi-physics-sparse-monitoring-amps/).
EDG will support the CMC Containment and Monitoring Innovation (CaMI) team's initiatives by collecting soil-gas concentration and environmental data with their instruments, and making this data available to the CaMI team and JIP members.
Two instruments were installed at the Newell County Field Research Station (FRS) in May 2026, and are the first of their kind installed in Canada. The instruments operate autonomously on a pre-programmed schedule, and are measuring CO2 and O2 gas concentrations at multiple depths down to 4.5 meters. Data from the instruments is transmitted to a cloud application for data analysis.
“Before EDG’s installation, soil-gas concentrations at the site have been collected manually,” says Dr. Marie Macquet, Vice President of Research and Operations at CMC. “A single EDG instrument can provide 2000+ sets of measurements per year. The value is tremendous considering the cost of manually sampling, which usually only gathers 3-4 sets of data per year, weather permitting. The FRS provides a unique opportunity to assess innovative monitoring technologies, and we are excited to be the first in Canada to deploy EDG’s instruments and compare them against conventional systems.”
“This project marks EDG’s northernmost installation at an active CO2 injection site,” says Ryan Alford, founder and CEO of the company. “When you consider Alberta is a leader in sequestration capacity in North America, we wanted to find a partner here that was actively injecting. This installation demonstrates that continuous monitoring is available for operators in the region.”
EDG’s solution is now commercially available, and is suitable for collecting baseline data as well as injection and post-injection monitoring. Contact sales@edglab.com for a product brief.
About Carbon Management Canada
CMC is a non-profit organization supporting large-scale carbon management projects through innovation and applied research activities. We focus on priorities in three areas: monitoring carbon dioxide in the subsurface, the validation and integration of fugitive emissions monitoring technologies, and the development of a skilled workforce through training, education and outreach.
Visit cmcghg.com for more information.
About Engineering Design Group
EDG is at the forefront of environmental monitoring for Class VI injection wells, specializing in automated soil-gas profiling stations for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Since 2020, EDG’s cutting-edge sampling stations have reshaped how the industry monitors soil gas by facilitating automated real-time measurements while eliminating human error and other inconsistencies that come from manual monitoring.
To learn more about EDG, visit edglab.com.