7th Annual Spring Water Forum
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Description
PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada invites you to attend the 7th Annual PTAC Spring Water Forum. This forum will focus on technology practices and regulation practices to address industry needs for water usage reduction, beneficial re-use, and reduced treatment cost options in areas such as:
- Water Well Testing Prior to Drilling
- Socioeconomic Study of the Public’s Perception of Industry’s Water Use
Assessment of Risks to Shallow Groundwater from the Drilling and Completion of Oil and Gas Wells - Water Use by Industry (Saline and Non-saline)
- Assessment of Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing
- Frac Water Recycling Technologies Feasibility Study
Agenda
| May 16 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Registration and continental breakfast | |
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome and Introduction Soheil Asgarpour, PTAC |
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| 8:45 AM |
Water Innovation Planning Committee Update Brent Moore, Devon Canada |
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| 9:05 AM |
Measuring and Monitoring Program Tom Dickson, Alberta Environment |
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| 9:30 AM |
Base of Groundwater Protection Tony Lemay, Alberta Geological Survey |
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| 9:55 AM |
Water Conservation and Allocation Policy on Oilfield Injection Ross Nairne, Alberta Environment |
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| 10:20 AM | Break | |
| 10:35 AM |
Managing What We Have: A Review of Alberta's Water Jon Fennell, WorleyParsons |
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| 11:00 AM |
Risks to Groundwater from Oil and Gas Drilling and Completion Jean Birks, Alberta Innovates |
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| 11:25 AM |
Water Well Testing Prior to Drilling Cathy Main, Alberta Innovates |
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| 11:50 AM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM |
Water Fracing from Shale Gas - How They Manage the Water and the Economics Michal Moore, University of Calgary - ISEEE |
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| 1:25 PM |
Evolving Water Use Regulations in British Columbia's Emerging Shale Gas Regions Steve Foley, Waterline Resources Inc. |
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| 1:50 PM |
Practical Application of Frac Water Management Recycling Technologies and Mobile Onsite Water Treatment for Multistage Fracturing in Gas and Oil Reservoirs Chad Randal, Amperage Energy Inc. |
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| 2:15 PM | Break | |
| 2:30 PM |
Blowdown Water Clean-Up using Saltworks Thermo-Ionic Desalination Technologies Ben Sparrow and Malcolm Man, Saltworks Technologies Inc. If you are interested in receiving a copy of this presentation please email malcolm.man@saltworkstech.com |
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| 2:55 PM |
PTAC Joint Industry Project Discussion Marc Godin, PTAC |
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| 3:05 PM |
OSLI Water Management Activities Vincent Saubestre, Oil Sands Leadership Initiative |
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| 3:30 PM |
CBTAP Update Marc Godin, PTAC |
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| 3:55 PM | Next Steps / Networking Reception | |
Fees
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Pre-Event (Noon on May 15) |
At Event |
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Contact
Environmental Research Coordinator and Web Site Administrator
(403) 218-7707
lfrei@ptac.org
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