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Energy Intensity Reduction through FCDs and NCG
This project will implement flow control devices (FCD) and non-condensable gas (NCG) injection at Athabasca Oil Corporation’s in situ facilities in the Alberta oil sands. FCDs are valves installed downhole that improve the inflow distribution of oil along the well, enabling improved recovery without additional steam generation. NCG complements this by offsetting some steam injection…
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eMVAPEX Pilot, Phase 3
MEG Energy Corp. (“MEG”) is an Alberta company focused on sustainable in situ oil sands development and production in the southern Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta. Current bitumen production averages approximately 90,000 bpd. For long term success, MEG uses innovation to lower the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of bitumen production. Steam generation is the main contributor to GHG emissions, water…
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High Temperature Membranes for SAGD PW Treatment
Suncor will partner with Devon Energy and Suez (formerly GE Water) to demonstrate High Temperature Reverse Osmosis (HTRO) membranes for SAGD water treatment. The project will validate the technology for application in high-temperature SAGD conditions. If successful, the membranes could eliminate the need to reduce the temperature and pressure of produced water prior to water…
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Developing an Adsorbing Biocarbon to achieve GHG Benefits in the Remediation of Produced Water in Oil Sands Production
University of Calgary researchers are investigating the use of Alberta-grown biomass—agricultural and forest crop residues (straw and wood)—to clean up chemical contaminants in produced water from oil sands operations. The researchers developed an activated biocarbon (or biochar) tailored for adsorbing the naphthenic acids in tailings pond water, preventing the formation and release of methane. Previous…
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Post Combustion Carbon Capture using molten carbonate fuel cell pilot
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CO2 Capture Technology
Husky Energy is one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies and looks for new innovations to reduce GHG emissions in its projects. The Lashburn project has the potential to reduce GHG emissions by capturing carbon dioxide produced from a steam assisted gravity drainage facility and storing it at a nearby oil production field. By integrating…
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VeloxoTherm Carbon Capture
“Carbon dioxide can be captured, and it can be done in many ways,” said Brett Henkel, vice president of Burnaby-based technology firm Inventys. Indeed, industrial processes to extract carbon from gas streams have been around for 50 or 60 years. “It’s just that we developed a more effective way to do it. The system we have…
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Immobilized CA in fluidized bed with amine for low severity CCS
CO2 Solutions Inc. is an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture and has been actively working to develop and commercialize a technology for stationary sources of carbon pollution. The technology will lower the cost barrier to Carbon Capture, Sequestration and Utilization (CCSU), and would position CCSU as a viable CO2 mitigation tool, as…
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Cyclic Solvent Process
The oil sands incongruity—low-quality oil in high-quality sand reservoirs—is the main reason bitumen production is so high in GHG emissions. But now, Imperial Oil may have developed a “ game-changing technology that would eliminate the need for water and, therefore, the need to burn natural gas to generate steam. Therein lies the reduction of greenhouse…
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Solvent Based Gravity Drainage for SAGD Applications
The BEST (Bitumen Extraction Solvent Technology) Pilot Plant demonstrated N-Solv energy technology at field scale and is the result of collaboration between N-Solv Corporation and Suncor Energy, with support from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Suncor’s Dover lease in Athabasca was the host site for the 500 barrel-per-day facility; comprising a 300 metre horizontal well…
