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TOYO Engineering signs multi-year oil sands deal

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Japan-based TOYO Engineering Corporation, through its Canadian subsidiary TOYO Engineering Canada Ltd., TOYO will be performing the detailed engineering, procurement and the construction with completion targeted 2.5 The vision of TOYO Engineering Canada is to be an expert in the Alberta heavy oil and gas development.

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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

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Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses.

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Shell Canada and Caterpillar to explore LNG fueling options for oil sands mining trucks

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Shell Canada and Caterpillar have signed an agreement to test a new dual fuel engine and fuel mix using liquefied natural gas (LNG) that could reduce operating costs and lead to reduced emissions from oil sands mining in northern Alberta.

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Japex to proceed with C$1.4B Hangingstone oil sands expansion

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(Japex) will proceed with an expansion of its oil sands project in the Hangingstone area in Alberta. Japan Canada Oil Sands Ltd. Total costs for the initial development are anticipated to be around C$1.4 billion (US$1.42 billion), C$1.1 Click to enlarge.

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Jacobs Engineering receives more than $1.4B in contracts for Alberta oil sands projects

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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received new contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 from seven clients in the Alberta Oil Sands to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects. Officials estimate the combined total construction value of the awarded projects at more than $1.4

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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

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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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New research chair at University of Saskatchewan to help reclaim oil sands land

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million industrial research chair backed by the Canadian federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Syncrude to provide critical insights into the performance of reclaimed mining areas. Research is vitally important to an economically and socially sustainable oil sands industry. —Lee Barbour.

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