Environment

8:00

Registration and continental breakfast

8:30

Welcome and Introduction
Chris Godwaldt, PTAC Water Innovation and Planning Committee

8:45

Session 1 - Understanting Regulations And Developing Water Issues And Their Direction
Regulations and issues dependent on regulations which will affect the way that the O & G industry water practitioners conduct ongoing business.

Alberta Environment's Thinking and Direction on The Base of Ground Water Protection, 4,000 vs. 10,000 mg/L TDS and other Hot Topics.
Robert George, Alberta Environment

Water Management Framework for Alberta's Industrial Heartland.
Al Hyndman, Vice President Industry and Regulatory Affairs, BA Energy

9:45

Funding Opportunity - CAPP/ Broad Industry Initiatives - Water Funding Initiative
Soheil Asgarpour, President , PTAC

10:15

Break

10:30

Session 2 - Current Best Practices: Where Are The Easy Gains?
Best Practactices and When a Practice is Best Practice, as What is a Best Practice in One Situation Cannot Be Universally Applied.

Environmental Concerns and Rising Costs Prompt Produced Water Methanol Recovery Process Innovation
Ken Edwards, VP Marketing, MRCan Services

Process Wastewater Reuse at Suncor Oil Sands
Prit Kotecha, Process Engineer, Suncor Energy

11:30

Break for Lunch

12:00

Session 3 - Your Environment and You
Preston Manning, President, Manning Center For Building Democracy & Former Leader of the Federal Opposition

A thoughtful call to action outlying THREE WAYS, frequently referring to water as an example, in which our generation and decision makers in business and government want to change our “thinking” in order to be more effective in what we “DO” about environmental conservation.

1:00

Session 4 - Integrated Solutions: How Can The Oil And Gas Session Be The Partner Of Choice?
Case studies on how the O&G industry can become a partner which municipalities and industry (including the agricultural) seek out.

Municipal Wastewater: an Unexploited Resource for the Upstream Petroleum Industry
Clyde Fulton, Sr. Innovation Engineer, Newalta Corporation

Offstream Storage for Flow Management.
Bill Berzins, President, Fossil Water

2:00

Break

2:30

Session 5 - Technology Direction: Where Is The Oil And Gas Industry Going?
Presentations on new technologies which are being applied or are currently being demonstrated for commercial release.

Waterless Drilling? - Reverse Circulation Center Discharge Drilling.
Mike Read, VP Product Development Canada, Nabors Canada

The Application of Novel Deoiling Technology Using Silicon Carbide on Silicon Carbide Ceramic Membranes
Kevin Slough, FilterBoxx Packaged Water Solutions

Industrial Wastewater Recovery
Keith Minnich, Veolia Water Solutions

4:30

Networking Reception

REGISTRATION

Register Online and pay by credit card. Invoices will not be issued. If you experience any difficulties registering please contact Lorie Frei at
(403) 218-7707

No refunds will be issued for cancellations. However, participant substitutions are allowed if PTAC is notified in writing (mail, fax, or email).

DISCLAIMER

PTAC is only a facilitator for these presentations. PTAC makes no representation regarding ownership or quality of any technology described by a presenter, or generally as to the contents of a presentation. PTAC does not endorse any presenter nor the technology presented. Please use your own judgment. PTAC trusts that each presenter will engage in fair trade practices, but does not police or otherwise enforce this policy in any manner.

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For further information,
please contact:

Ralf Aggarwal, PTAC
Manager, Environmental Technology Initiatives phone 403.218.7711
fax 403.920.0054
raggarwal@ptac.org

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