A bitumen partial upgrading hub that is being developed to help free up space on Alberta export pipelines now has the backing of one of the industry’s largest producers.
March 4, 2019, 11:19 AM MST
A technology that was developed by accident while researchers looked for ways to add value to bitumen is gaining momentum as a refinery process that reduces reliance on toxic and hazardous chemicals.
February 21, 2019, 6 AM MST
Acceleware Ltd. appointed two key executives, Laura McIntyre as vice-president, engineering and Brian LeBlanc as chief financial officer.
February 8, 2019, 12 AM MST
Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) announced today that its chief executive, Dan Wicklum, is stepping down after seven years as head of the organization.
January 25, 2019, 10:50 AM MST
A third SAGD project in three months has been withdrawn from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER). Acting on the request of partners BP Canada and Value Creation Inc., the AER has rescinded its approvals for the Terre de Grace joint venture.
January 18, 2019, 6 AM MST
January 18, 2019, 9:12 AM MST
Seven projects will share $2 million in funding from the Bitumen Beyond Combustion (BBC) open call program, Alberta Innovates has announced.
January 9, 2019, 6 AM MST
Suncor Energy Inc.’s first-adopter work commercializing autonomous haulage systems (AHS) in oilsands mining is leading a shift in the sector that has global impact even in its earliest of stages.
January 8, 2019, 11:28 AM MST
It's a new year in the oilsands, and while this list of important developments to watch isn’t about major growth, the industry may be embarking on step-change.
January 2, 2019, 7:36 AM MST
Suncor Energy Inc. outlined this morning a 2019 capital program of between $4.9 and $5.6 billion and average upstream production of 780,000 to 820,000 boe/d.
December 14, 2018, 9:44 AM MST
Imperial Oil Limited is maintaining its original schedule for first steam at the recently approved Cold Lake Expansion Project, but not as a new major project. The company plans to incrementally use a piece of the approval to connect a new solvent-assisted SAGD well pad to an existing central processing facility.
November 22, 2018, 3:43 AM MST
A government-funded technology that could significantly reduce operating costs and GHG emissions related to SAGD water treatment has approval for a new field test.
November 21, 2018, 6 AM MST
One of the next new SAGD projects scheduled to come online in Alberta plans to use solvents to improve the startup process.
November 21, 2018, 6 AM MST
Oil price trouble has overtaken a technology billed as a cure for the Canadian petroleum headaches of high costs, GHGs, pipeline setbacks and conflict with Indigenous communities.
November 20, 2018, 6 AM MST
MEG Energy Corp. has received regulatory approval to significantly expand its use of the oilsands optimization technology that brought it record-high production and record-low operating costs in the third quarter.
November 20, 2018, 6 AM MST
It’s early stages of construction on the new Aspen oilsands project, and Imperial Oil Limited has made a major change to the design of the central processing facility, reversing its selection in a long-debated technology area.
November 19, 2018, 3:46 AM MST
Canadian Natural Resources Limited says that strong initial results from a key new technology pilot at its Horizon project will keep the test running through the winter.
November 15, 2018, 11:16 AM MST
Field Upgrading Limited has received a second extension to the expiry of its pilot testing desulphurization (DSU) technology for converting heavy oil into low-sulphur marine fuel.
November 14, 2018, 12 AM MST
Not for the first time in its life, the future of one of Alberta’s longest running thermal oilsands projects is at risk as a result of the province’s water treatment regulations.
November 13, 2018, 6:12 AM MST
Acceleware Ltd. announced the participation of “a major Calgary-based oilsands producer” in the commercial-scale RF XL pilot test of its radio frequency heating system.
November 13, 2018, 7:23 AM MST
Suncor Energy Inc. has received regulatory approval to build a new test centre for oilsands technologies at its MacKay River SAGD project.
November 12, 2018, 6 AM MST
Even though the Aspen oilsands project will deploy new technology on a field-wide basis, Imperial Oil Limited isn’t anticipating a high level of risk in its execution or operation, CEO Rich Kruger said on Wednesday. He’s also not concerned about market access for Aspen bbls when the project is complete in 2022.
November 7, 2018, 11:32 AM MST
With market access issues driving down prices for Western Canadian oil and gas, and regulatory issues threatening to drive up costs, there was a lot of pessimism about the future prospects for the Canadian industry in the audience at the Petroleum Services Association of Canada’s (PSAC) annual forecast luncheon in Calgary last Thursday.
November 6, 2018, 6 AM MST
Imperial Oil Limited has received regulatory approval to implement its liquid addition to steam for enhancing recovery (LASER) technology across its Cold Lake thermal project.
November 6, 2018, 6 AM MST
Canadian Natural Resources Limited has received regulatory approval to proceed with a field pilot of solvent enhanced SAGD (SE-SAGD) at its Kirby South project.
October 31, 2018, 12 AM MDT