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Demonstration of CVW Sustainable Technology at Canadian Natural Horizon
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Pre-Industrial Field Demonstration of High Fines Sand Tailings Technology
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Sunlight powered GHG treatment for oil sands tailings ponds
Reducing Tailings Emissions with Floating Sunlight-Driven Technologies Funded through ERA’s Shovel Ready Challenge, this project aimed to demonstrate H2nanO’s SolarPass Floating Reactive Barrier (FRB) technology, which passively reduces fugitive emissions from water. While ultimately terminated, the project validated the SolarPass FRB concept and helped advance other H2nanO projects within and outside of the oil sands
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In-Pit Extraction Process Demonstration
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InLine Dewatering of Oil Sands Tailings
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Greenhouse Gas Reduction via Passive Solar-Bio Oil Sands Water Treatment
H2nanO and upstream energy industry partners will demonstrate a new, combined approach of solar photocatalytic and biological treatment process water to improve water quality and reduce emissions via natural remediation pathways. The project will aim to convert waters requiring long-term storage or sub-surface disposal into an environmental benefit for carbon sequestration and emissions abatement. This
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Reducing Methane Emissions and Other Environmental Impacts from Oil Sands Tailings and Ponds – Deployment of Sustainable Technology
Remediating Oil Sands Froth Treatment Tailings Approved for funding in ERA’s Methane Challenge in 2017, Titanium Corporation conducted a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study to explore commercial implementation of their Creating Value from Waste (CVW) technology at Canadian Natural’s Horizon oilsands site. By its completion in 2019, the project completed the FEED, the technical design,
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In-Pit Extraction Process
An Alternative Process to Conventional Oil Sands Mining Canadian Natural has developed the In Pit Extraction Process (IPEP) as an innovative alternative to conventional oil sands slurry preparation, bitumen extraction, and tailings handling. Funded through ERA #2: Oilsands Innovation in 2017, this project demonstrated commercial feasibility by achieving continuous 24-hour all-season operation at the target
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Eco-mimicry approach to methane capture in tailing ponds
Project Overview Approved for funding through ERA’s Biological GHG Management Program in 2015, the project set out to design a multi bioreactor and gas sampling system for testing the performances of known methane oxidizing materials. By its completion in 2016, the study demonstrated initial proof-of-concept for designing a floating methanotrophic biofilter that could limit methane
