Canada, Commercial, Engine and Oil-Sands

U. Calgary analysis of energy balances and emissions of SAGD oil sands production finds need for improved processes; some operations not thermally efficient or net generators of energy

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Plot of cumulative steam-to-oil ratio (cSOR) vs. ratio of energy produced in form of chemical energy contained in bitumen if combusted to energy injected in form of steam (75% efficient steam generation). One of the key challenges in producing bitumen and heavy oil is their high, variable viscosity. From Gates and Larter (2013).

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Oil-Sands Oil Energy Emissions

Shell begins production from Scotford Upgrader Expansion in oil sands

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

Shell announced the successful start of production from its Scotford Upgrader Expansion project in Canada. The 100,000 barrels-per-day expansion takes upgrading capacity at Scotford to 255,000 barrels-per-day of heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands.

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Oil-Sands Oil Production Chevron

Alberta Innovates & NRCan awarding $26.2M to three oil sands clean tech projects; industry kicking in $43.3M

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MAY 12, 2017

Alberta Innovates has teamed up with Natural Resources (NRCan) and industry partners to take three clean oil sands technologies to commercial demonstration. This announcement is a result of NRCan’s Oil and Gas Clean Tech Program. Cenovus Energy will test an oil sands extraction technology using a solvent-driven process.

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Oil-Sands Oil Clean Cleaning

Canada and Alberta to Invest C$865M in Athabasca Oil Sands Carbon Capture and Storage Project

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada will invest C$865 million (US$822 million) in a large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Athabasca oil sands. A total of $100 million has been budgeted this fiscal year for engineering and design work.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Carbon

Governments of Canada & Québec award $76.5M to AE Côte-Nord Canada Bioenergy for renewable fuel oil from forest residues w/ Ensyn RTP

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The Governments of Canada and Québec will provide $76.5 million in funding to AE Côte-Nord Canada Bioenergy Inc. for the production of renewable fuel oil (RFO) from forest residues. million gallons US) of renewable fuel oil per year. Production of renewable fuel oil is set to begin in 2017.

Canada

Canada Oil-Sands Oil Renewable

Suncor and ATCO partner on potential world-scale hydrogen project in Alberta

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MAY 17, 2021

are collaborating on early stage design and engineering for a potential blue hydrogen project near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Suncor Energy is Canada’s leading integrated energy company, with a global team of more than 30,000 people. Two Canadian companies, Suncor Energy and ATCO Ltd., A sanctioning decision is expected in 2024.

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Hydrogen Oil-Sands Canada Gas-Electric

Suncor targeting 1M barrels per day by 2020, some 80% from oil sands; new strategic alliance with Total

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Suncor is targeting 1 million barrels per day output in 2020, with its growth in the oil sands underpinned by its alliance with Total. Canada-based Suncor Energy Inc., Approximately 80% of that production will be from the oil sands. Work will resume once the front-end engineering design is updated in 2011.

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Oil-Sands Oil 2020 2011

GE providing produced water handling systems to Blackgold Oil Sands Project; new solidification process for disposal of SAGD waste

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JUNE 28, 2011

GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) has selected GE to supply the produced water evaporation and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system for the Blackgold Oil Sands project, located near Conklin, Alberta. Blackgold is owned and operated by a subsidiary of the Korean National Oil Corp.

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Oil-Sands Waste Oil Water

Osum Oil Sands closes $500M private placement; new investors include government of Singapore

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

Canada-based Osum Oil Sands Corp. billion barrels (net), ranking it third in the area next to Husky Energy and Shell Canada. Osum’s Taiga project in the prolific Cold Lake region continues to advance towards commercialization. Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc., and Barclays Capital Canada Inc.

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Oil-Sands Singapore Oil Legal

Syncrude to Expand Its Oil Sands Synthetic Crude Output to 425,000 Barrels per Day by 2020

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Canadian Oil Sands Trust, the largest stakeholder (36.74%) in the Syncrude oil sands project, announced plans to increase the synthetic crude oil production capacity at Syncrude Mildred Lake upgrader to 425,000 barrels per day by 2020 from 350,000 now. Marcel Coutu, Canadian Oil Sands’ President and CEO.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil 2020 Canada

MEG Energy moving ahead with 35,000 barrels per day oil sands expansion; $1.4B estimated total cost

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Canada-based MEG Energy’s board of directors has approved 2011 capital investment of approximately $900 million and the final cost estimate for the 35,000 barrels per day Phase 2B oil sands expansion at the Christina Lake in-situ project. MEG utilizes steam-assisted gravity drainage ( SAGD) extraction methods. Operations.

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Oil-Sands Oil Energy 2011

Canada Launches Algal Biofuels Project

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2010

The government of Canada is awarding approximately C$5 million (US$4.7 Preliminary work and engineering plans have been drawn up to build a 50,000 liter (13,209 gallon US) cultivation pilot plant at the Ketch Harbour facility. In parallel, scientists are also working to develop technology to effectively extract the oil.

Canada

Canada Oil-Sands Mariner Oil

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Alberta Energy Research Institute Collaborate to Develop Gasification Technology

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI) of Canada are working together to develop advanced gasification technology aimed at decreasing the cost and environmental impact of processing Alberta’s oil sands. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp.

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Oil-Sands Energy Oil Gas-Electric

Canada oil sands producers form alliance to improve environmental performance

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2012

Twelve of Canada’s oil sands producers have formed a new alliance, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada’s oil sands through collaborative action and innovation.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Water

Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Data: California DOGGR. Click to enlarge. Source: Chevron. Click to enlarge.

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Chevron Oil Oil-Sands Production

Tailings Technology Roadmap project releases nine development roadmaps for treatment of oil sands fine tailings

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2012

An example of the evaluation “diamonds” for one technology in each of the research, development and commercial stages. The report provides nine different Tailings Technology Deployment (TDD) Roadmaps to accelerate the implementation of oil sands tailings solutions in Alberta. sand and clay. Click to enlarge. Background.

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Oil-Sands Oil Canada Water

Excelsior to Pilot Proprietary in Situ Combustion Bitumen Recovery Process

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

Excelsior Energy Limited plans to test a proprietary in situ combustion bitumen-recovery process (Combustion Overhead Gravity Drainage, COGD) in a pilot project at its Hangingstone oil sands property in Alberta, Canada. Excelsior developed the COGD process in cooperation with Hot-Tec Energy Inc.,

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Oil-Sands Water Gas Oil

Cenovus increased oil sands production by 14% year-on-year in Q3; Wedge Wells for increased recovery and lower steam-to-oil ratio

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

a Canadian integrated oil company, reported an increase in third quarter crude oil production year-on-year of about 4% due to oil sands production that was 14% higher compared with the same period a year earlier. Conventional oil production slightly declined due to a combination of factors. Cenovus Energy Inc.,

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Oil-Sands Oil Production 2010

Researchers exploring development of biofilms for remediation of oilsands tailings

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Researchers at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta are collaborating on a project for the microbial remediation of oil sands tailings—the waste byproducts of oil sands surface mining that are collected in large manufactured settling basins called tailing ponds. —Golby et al. m below the surface.

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Oil-Sands Oil Environment Water

National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. Treat all crude oils as part of the overall pool of transportation fuels. We did not shy away from controversy. We are not advocates. Harmonize global LCFS policies.

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Carbon Oil-Sands Standards Design

Alberta to Host Underground Coal Gasification Demo; Update on Linc Chinchilla UCG In Australia

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2009

The Government of Alberta, Canada, through the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI), is providing C$8.83 The project in north-central Alberta aims to develop a commercial operation that produces clean, synthesis gas for power generation. Simplified UCG process. Click to enlarge. million (US$7.0 Start-up is planned for 2012.

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Coal Australia Vietnam Oil-Sands

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now?

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1

EV Driven

U. Calgary analysis of energy balances and emissions of SAGD oil sands production finds need for improved processes; some operations not thermally efficient or net generators of energy

Shell begins production from Scotford Upgrader Expansion in oil sands

Alberta Innovates & NRCan awarding $26.2M to three oil sands clean tech projects; industry kicking in $43.3M

Canada and Alberta to Invest C$865M in Athabasca Oil Sands Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Governments of Canada & Québec award $76.5M to AE Côte-Nord Canada Bioenergy for renewable fuel oil from forest residues w/ Ensyn RTP

Suncor and ATCO partner on potential world-scale hydrogen project in Alberta

Suncor targeting 1M barrels per day by 2020, some 80% from oil sands; new strategic alliance with Total

GE providing produced water handling systems to Blackgold Oil Sands Project; new solidification process for disposal of SAGD waste

Osum Oil Sands closes $500M private placement; new investors include government of Singapore

Syncrude to Expand Its Oil Sands Synthetic Crude Output to 425,000 Barrels per Day by 2020

MEG Energy moving ahead with 35,000 barrels per day oil sands expansion; $1.4B estimated total cost

Canada Launches Algal Biofuels Project

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Alberta Energy Research Institute Collaborate to Develop Gasification Technology

Canada oil sands producers form alliance to improve environmental performance

Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

Tailings Technology Roadmap project releases nine development roadmaps for treatment of oil sands fine tailings

Excelsior to Pilot Proprietary in Situ Combustion Bitumen Recovery Process

Cenovus increased oil sands production by 14% year-on-year in Q3; Wedge Wells for increased recovery and lower steam-to-oil ratio

Researchers exploring development of biofilms for remediation of oilsands tailings

National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

Alberta to Host Underground Coal Gasification Demo; Update on Linc Chinchilla UCG In Australia

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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