Alberta Oil Sands Energy Efficiency & GHG Mitigation Roadmap Program
A Roadmap to Reduce Emissions in the Oilsands Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, this greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction roadmap is a comprehensive study that identified and evaluated potential projects and technologies to improve energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions in Alberta’s oilsands operations. This involved generating ideas, screening them for feasibility, conducting…
Effective Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating (ESEIEH)
Reducing bitumen extraction with electromagnetic heating and solvents Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, the Effective Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating (ESEIEH®) Project aimed to replace steam for in situ bitumen extraction with electromagnetic heating in combination with solvent dilution. The project was completed in 2023 and evaluated the efficacy of this combination…
Energy Foot-Print Reduction for Ethylene Manufacturing Process
Exploring Alternative Processes for Ethylene Manufacturing Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2011, NOVA Chemicals aimed to reduce the energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) associated with separating ethylene/ethane. Traditional methods of ethylene separation require significant energy and contributes heavily to the emissions associated with ethylene manufacturing; therefore, NOVA sought to explore alternative, lower emitting…
Commercial Demonstration of ET-DSP(TM) in the Athabasca Oil Sands
Testing an Alternative Bitumen Extraction Method Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, the project involved completion of a field test of the Electro-Thermal Dynamic Stripping Process (ET-DSP), which uses electricity to heat the bitumen in-situ so it can be mobilized and extracted. The project was completed in 2013 and was the largest ET-DSP…
Binary Fluid Compression: A Platform Technology
Testing a More Sustainable Air Conditioning System Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, May-Ruben Technologies (MRT) conducted a research project to develop and demonstrate a novel, thermally driven binary fluid ejector (BFE). The primary goal of the project was to physically demonstrate the technical merit and measure the performance of a BFE system,…
Weyerhaeuser Grande Prairie Evaporator Project
The old adage ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ rings true for this project that demonstrated energy efficient technology at an Alberta pulp mill. The Grande Prairie Evaporator Project is the final addition to a clean energy overhaul. This high efficiency evaporator system aimed to gather an additional 100,000 pounds of…
Whitecourt Energy Efficiency Project
The Whitecourt Recovered Energy Project signaled NRGreen’s first venture into Alberta. NRGreen installed a waste heat recovery generation system on a compressor site to produce 13.8 MW of power. Waste heat recovery units capture the exhaust from natural gas turbines and convert it into emissions-free electricity. This was the first installation of the system and…
Waste Heat Power Production from Amine Stream
Genalta Power Systems Inc., a Canadian renewable energy company, focuses primarily on creating cost-effective and environmentally responsible electricity with technologies that convert waste energy into power for use in the oil and gas industry. Site owners are provided with solutions like base load green energy, increased plant efficiencies, operating cost reductions, greenhouse gas emission credits,…
Installation of Air/Fuel Ratio Controllers and Vent Gas Capture on Engines
REMVue and SlipStream Retrofits on Gas Compressor Sites Approved for funding through Round 2: Industrial Energy Efficiency in 2011 , Cenovus implemented two technologies to increase energy efficiency and reduce methane emissions at their gas compressor sites across Alberta. By completion in 2014, numerous air/fuel ratio (AFR) and vent gas capture (VGC) controllers were installed on…
Vent Gas Capture for Engine Fuel Use
SlipStream Vent Gas Capture Installations Approved for funding though Round 2: Industrial Energy Efficiency in 2011, the project involved a retrofit program to install vent gas capture systems at several existing natural gas compressor sites across the EnCana (now Ovintiv) Clearwater business unit in southern Alberta. By project completion in 2014, 59 SlipStream units were installed, improving fuel efficiency and…
