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PTAC Project Development
Process Flowchart
Process
Details
When should SMEs be contacting PTAC?
How does PTAC support build on support from other
organizations? Coming soon .
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For further information,
please contact:
Brenda Belland, PTAC
Manager,
Knowledge Centre
phone 403.218.7712
fax 403.920.0054
bbelland@ptac.org |
Introduction
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PTAC can help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to efficiently get their
new products developed, demonstrated and supported through effective
technology demonstrations. PTAC offers assistance by:
- Supporting
Innovation by providing information on the technology needs of the upstream
oil and gas industry in Canada, through developing roadmaps, hosting
workshops on emerging and chronic industry problems, and helping to define
what a “successful innovation” would look like for a given problem.
- Technology Transfer through facilitating technology information sessions,
forums, conferences and Knowledge Centre services.
- Project Initiation through Requests for Proposals (RFPs), assisting SMEs
or other technology providers to formulate plans for engaging industry
support and finding third party funding for technology demonstration
projects.
- Project Execution by offering to provide third party verification support
through participation of PTAC technical committees and/or assisting in
contracting unbiased third parties to independently assess field
demonstration projects to increase their value to the technology provider
and industry stakeholders.
Super-sizing PTAC Support to SMEs – While PTAC has historically offered
support to SME PTAC members in the above activities, limited funding has
unfortunately produced limited results. However, starting in the fall of
2007, PTAC is receiving a financial contribution from NRC/IRAP to provide
additional support for SMEs. The diagram below indicates the key steps in
the PTAC service and supply support process and shows the areas where
efforts have been increased: PTAC Project Development Process
Demonstration only (SME Specific)
To better understand each step in the process please click on the
available links (in blue) within the steps to view available step
details.
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When should SMEs be contacting PTAC?
PTAC’s model is to facilitate technology research, development and
deployment through helping to build effective collaborations, assisting
with technology transfer and technology demonstrations to encourage
technology use.
The diagram below shows the key areas where PTAC focuses its efforts:
- Collaboration – Based on the belief that many key
technologies must be developed and adopted by the industry to meet their
long-term and short-term needs. With the on-going shortage of manpower
within producer organizations it makes sense to share the load through
collaboration.
- Education – There are many technologies available but may be
underutilized as they are not widely known. PTAC believes in providing
knowledge of technologies so they made be widely used.
- Demonstration – Any good idea must demonstrate that it can
produce desired results in a way that benefits the end-users and
suppliers. Past experiences have indicated that there is a key gap in
moving technology to widespread application. Trials must be undertaken
in a way that will convince others to adopt technologies and apply them
in the right applications.
Energy Sector Technology Ladder
PTAC roles highlighted in green.
In other areas, PTAC collaborates with the appropriate organizations to
ensure that activities are carried out in a way that will optimize the
development and use of new technologies to increase the overall
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MOTIVATION
of Public Good Changes in Energy Sectors
(Non-Partisan)
Key Facilitators
- Federal, Provincial, Municipal
governments, Industry Associations, NGOs
Key Focus - Focus on non-technical policy, regulatory, incentive or
legal impediments or barriers to the win-win identification of
needs, development of solutions, and application of technologies for
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EDUCATION
of Energy Stakeholders (Widely Accessible)
Key Facilitators
- PTAC, Governments, Industry Associations, NGOs,
Facilitators, Academics, Communicators, Media
Key Focus - Focus on transferring knowledge and information to all
energy stakeholders as appropriate for them to meet their own needs
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INTEGRATION
of Energy Industry Sectors
(Non-Competitive)
Key Facilitators
- Energy Council of Canada, NRCan, AERI
Key Focus - Focus on technology related issues which involve more
than one energy sector. |
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COLLABORATION Within Oil and Gas Industry
(Non-Competitive)
Key Facilitators
- PTAC, CONRAD, etc...
Key Focus - Focus on technology related issues which are important
to the sustainable maintenance and growth of oil and gas industry in
Canada. |
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INNOVATION
in Support of an Industry Sector (Competitive)
Key Facilitators - NSERC Research Chairs, Innovation Centres,
Universities, Private Inventors/Innovators
Key Focus - Focus on coming up with new, novel or rejuvenated ideas
which have the potential to solve a problem or take advantage of an
opportunity with in a sector. |
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PRODUCTIZATION of Innovations for an
Industry Sector (Competitive)
Key Facilitators - IRAP, CETAC-West, CANMET, ARC, SRC, etc..
Key Focus - Focus on turning ideas and innovations into technology
based products or services which meet the needs of the end-users in
a way which supports their wide deployment and use. |
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DEMONSTRATION of Industry Sector Applications
(Competitive/Collaborative)
Key Facilitators
- PTAC, CONRAD, etc..
Key Focus - Focus on facilitating collaboration between end-users,
product developers and third party support providers to test,
demonstrate and encourage improvements to products until they
can
achieve commercial status. |
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UTILIZATION of Energy Technologies
(Competitive/Collaborative)
Key Facilitators - Producer Groups, Standards Groups, Best Practices
Working Groups, Consultants
Key Focus - Focus on appropriate and effective utilization of
technologies within the end-user companies and their contractors.
Could be collaborative on standards and best practices or
competitive on for profit issues. |
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For further information,
please contact:
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Brenda Belland, PTAC
Manager, Knowledge Centre
phone 403.218.7712
fax 403.920.0054
bbelland@ptac.org
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