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Radio Frequency XL (RF XL) Enhanced Oil Recovery
Acceleware will complete a commercial scale pilot test of its patent pending RF XL electromagnetic heating technology that has the potential to significantly reduce oil sands production costs, while also reducing GHG emissions and eliminating external water use. This game changing technology uses radio waves to heat the water already present in the reservoir to…
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Oil Sands CCUS Pathways to Net Zero
Pathways Alliance is the unprecedented collaboration among Canada’s six largest oil sands producers working collaboratively with Canadian and Alberta governments on an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands operations by about 22 million tonnes per year by 2030, and to ultimately achieve its goal of net-zero emissions from operations by 2050.…
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Athabasca Leismer Carbon Capture
Entropy has developed world-leading, commercial scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology that is suitable for a wide variety of industrial emissions, including various forms of natural gas combustion. The first commercial application, recently completed at the Advantage Energy Glacier Gas Plant near Grande Prairie, Alberta, captures CO2 emissions from the exhaust of a gas-fired 5,000…
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Feasibility and FEED for Post-Combustion Flue Gas Carbon Capture at Strathcona Resources Ltd Cold Lake Region SAGD Facilities
Strathcona Resources Ltd. (SRL) is pursuing development of a distributed Carbon Capture and Sequestration hub in the Cold Lake region to enable collection and permanent disposal of emissions from its three flagship thermal operations – Tucker, Orion, and Lindbergh. Combined, these three facilities produce approximately 62,000 bbls per day of bitumen using steam-assisted gravity drainage…
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Surmont Steam-Additives Pilot
One of ConocoPhillips Canada’s (CPC) active technology programs involved working jointly with InnoTech Alberta as part of the Steam Additives Industry Research Program (STEADi) to identify commercially available chemical additives to steam. These additives, specifically surfactants, have the potential to improve the performance of SAGD operations by increasing oil drainage rates while reducing energy losses.…
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Linear Restoration Equipment Modernization and Deployment
Legacy oil and gas exploration sites commonly exhibit arrested succession and require restoration treatment to return to forest cover (Caners and Liefffers 2014; Iqbal et al. 2014, others). Linear restoration (or linear deactivation) is a topic of focused investigation with the objective of alleviating successional stagnation, restoring habitat and lessening forest fragmentation. Tree removal and…
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Non-Condensable Gas Co-Injection for Thief Zone
ConocoPhillips Canada, as operator of its Surmont joint venture with Total E&P Canada, will deploy its Non-Condensable Gas (NCG) injection technology at 12 SAGD well pairs to validate the technology at commercial scale. NCG injection has the potential to mitigate “thief zones” – areas above or below the oil zones where energy and pressure can be lost, resulting…
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Enhanced Bitumen Recovery Technology Pilot
Imperial is advancing a field trial of its Enhanced Bitumen Recovery Technology (EBRT) to validate the method and prepare it for commercial use. The process uses a recovery solution to dilute and mobilize bitumen in the reservoir, reducing the amount of steam needed as much as 90% compared to current methods. Alternatives to steam are…
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Digital Optimization using Advanced Process Control in an In-Situ Facility
This project involves the implementation of a digital optimization technology known as Advanced Process Control (APC) at Suncor’s Firebag and MacKay River in situ facilities. The technology combines algorithms with machine learning and data analytics to enhance process control performance. Examples of areas where optimization could be implemented include well-pad steam distribution and steam quality…
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Field Pilot of Multilateral Well Technology to Reduce GHG Intensity of SAGD
This project will use innovative drilling and completion methods and thermal junction technology in existing Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) vertical wellbores to increase production from a single surface location. Thermal junction technology enables the drilling of multiple lateral sections without the need for additional above ground capital. The technology should lower costs for infill…
