Completed Projects

2011

• Alternative Energy Solutions Phase 3 – Integration of High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Technology with Oil Sands Processes

2009

• Alternative Energy Solutions Phase 1

• Alternative Energy Solutions Phase 2

2016

• GO Pal Emergency Response Plan Mobile Enterprise Application System

2005

• Level Best Drilling Seasonal Load Levelling Business Case

2003

• Pilot Project Designing a Web-enabled Searchable Database of Ecological Research

2002

• Talisman Wellcore Trusted Communications Pilot

2001

• A New Technique for Mitigating Electrical Disturbances Caused by Energizing Generator Transformers

1999

• Mitigation of Harmonic Distortions in Oilfield Electrical Systems

2014

• Alberta CO2 Purity Project

2008

• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Study Phase1
• CO2 EHR Aggregation Study

2001

• Screening of Alberta Pools for CO₂ Injection
• CO₂ WAG Flooding

2014

• Shallow Gas Dewatering Pump Consortium
• Ultra Lightweight Proppant

2004

• Ramping Up Recovery Business Case

2003

• Spudding Innovation – Accelerating Technology Development

2000

• Demonstration of the Hi-FlowTM Sampler for Measuring Fugitive Emissions

1999

• Research and Software Development Project to Reduce Drilling and Completion Costs Associated with Borehole Instability

2003

• Enhanced Driver Visibility Safety System (Infra Red Technology) Phase 1
• Enhanced Driver Visibility Safety System (Infra Red Technology) Phase 2

2003

• A&D Data Exchange Project

2001

• Identifying “Sweet Spots” in Basin Centered Gas Accumulations-EGR

2015

• GeoViz Collaborative Geospatial Decision Making by VizworX

2013

• Airborne Mapping

2012

• Geomatics Workplan

2016

• Enhancements to an Online Steam Analyzer for Thermally Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery
• Emissions Reductions and Energy Efficiency in Crude Bitumen and Heavy Oil Project
• Vacuum Insulated Tubing Study
• Economic Benefits of Gas Injection in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)

2015

• Heavy Metals Extraction Study
• Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) Methods for Reduction of Methane Venting
• Heavy Oil Casing Gas Utilization Option Sheets
• Low Cost inSAR Steam Chamber Monitoring
• Oil Sands Drilling and Completions Needs Identification and Technology Scan
• Numerical Modelling of Mobile Submerged Combustion Vaporizer

2014

• Bitumen Production Fundamentals Research Group (BPFRG)
• Froth Treatment Consortium

2013

• Hot Water Vapour Project

2012

• Artificial Reservoir
• Creating Value from Asphaltenes
• Innovative Application of Electricity for Oil Sands

2011

• Integration of High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Technology with Oil Sands Processes

2010

• Clean Bitumen Technology Action Plan

2007

• Novel Low GHG Heavy Oil Recovery Process
• Novel Conventional Heavy Oil EOR and Direct Contact Steam Generation

2006

• Carbonate Triangle and Conventional Heavy Oil – Lowest GHG Production Scenario – An Exploration Study
• Preliminary Review of Underground Mining of Currently Inaccessible Hydrocarbon Resources
• Expanding Heavy Oil & Bitumen Resources – Technology Roadmap

2001

• Crude Oil Document Exchange (CDOX) Pilot

2000

• Vapex Refinery Upgrading Project
• In Situ and Refinery Upgrading of Vapex Heavy Oil Production for Increased Value and Reduced Emissions (VAPEX Phase 2)
• Vapex Engineering and Economics – Phase 3
• Heavy Oil Vent Gas Utilization
• Cyclic Solvent-Based Process for Heavy Oil Reservoirs
• Borehole Stability and Sand Production Risk Assessment Software – Phase 2
• Thermal Solvent Process – Field Scale Engineering and Economics –Oil sands
• Foamy Oil Behaviour: Beyond the Cold Production Process-EOR
• SAGD Application in Reservoirs with Depleted Gas Caps- SAGD

1999

• Assessment of Heavy Oil Fluid Fathering System Alternatives
• Increasing efficiency of Tank Cleaning in Heavy Oil Operations
• Investigation of Mass-Transfer Mechanisms in VAPEX Process
• VAPEX Refinery Upgrading Project
• In Situ and Refinery Upgrading of VAPEX Heavy Oil Production (VAPEX Phase II)
• Development of Full Project Engineering and Economics for VAPEX Process
• Bio-upgrading for Heavy Crude Quality Improvement
• Cyclic Waterflood Simulation Study –EOR
• Role of Microbial Process on Sulfate-Enriched Tailings Deposits
• Particle Flow Modelling of Oil Sands Excavation
• Oil Sand Lump Size Estimation by 3-D Sensing
• Novel Hardfacing Materials System for Oil Sands Industry
• Online Air-content Determination and Analysis (OSADA) Technology for Oil Sands Slurry Pipelines
• Production of Rutile Concentrate from Oil Sands Tailings
• Field Pilot to Remove Pyrobitumen Blockage from Oil and Gas Reservoirs with the PRIstine Process

1998

• Alternative Artificial Lift Systems for Heavy Oil Applications
• Heavy Oil Annular Gas Compression Systems
• PCP Run Life Improvement

1997

• Artificial Lift Systems for Horizontal Thermal Heavy Oil Wells – Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) Information Sharing Project
• Field Removal of Fine Solids from Heavy Oil/Water Systems – SRC

2015

• Needs Assessment for Partial and Field Upgrading

2008

• Hydrogen Fuel Injection Unit (HFI) and Fuel Efficiency Data Collection and Measurement (2008-2007)

2005

• R&D Oil and Gas Database

2002

• Water in Crude Oil Emulsion/Study of the Stability of Micron Sized Water Droplets in a Continuous Oil Phase by Molecular Modelling-EOR
• Supercritical Fluid Extraction
• A Mechanistic Study on Foamed Gel Technology

2001

• Improved Formation Evaluation of Carbonate Reservoirs-formation evaluation
• Water Abatement in Gas Wells-Gar recovery
• Gravity Stable Waterflooding-EOR

2000

• Evaluation of Coiled Tubing Serviceability for Sour Service Applications- Production optimization
• Progressive Cavity Pump Run-Life Improvement- production optimization
• Enhanced Waterflooding using Toe-to-Heel Displacement-EOR
• Seismic Velocity Anisotropy and Depth Imaging?
• Gel-Foam Applications-EOR
• Water Abatement in Gas Reservoirs-EGR

1999

• Economically Beneficial Waste Gas Injection for Medium/Heavy Oil Depletion
• Field Pilot for Water Abatement in Gas Reservoirs
• Control of Water Coning in Gas/Oil Reservoirs
• Low Cost, High Performance Diverting and Blocking

1998

• Logging Tool Specific to Gas Detection?

1997

• Cyclic Waterflooding Simulation – Epic Consulting
• Sand Handling and Tank Cleaning – CFER/SRC

1996

• Acid gas reinjection systems with University of Calgary

2023

• Reduction of Vented Methane Emission through the Crossfire Chemical Injection Pump

2022

• Affordable Zero-Emissions Fail-Safe Electric Dump Valve Actuator (Fail-Safe EDVA)
• Affordable Zero-Emission Fall-Safe Electric Dump Valve Actuator (EDVA) Phase 2
• Intelligent Methane Monitoring and Management System (IM3S) Project
• Systematic Third-party Validation of Environmental and Economic Performance of Methane Reduction Technologies (STV)

2021

Methane Consortia Program:

• Demonstration of Calscan’s Zero-Emissions Electric Linear Actuators by Engaging Small- to Medium-Sized Producers
• Engine Modernization for GHG Reduction – Ember Resources
• Facility of the Future – Cenovus
• Grid-Powered Site Conversions – NAL
• Reduction of Vented Methane Emissions through the CROSSFIRE Instrument Air Compressor – Spartan Controls
• Reduction Of Vented Methane Emissions Through The Crossfire Chemical Injection Pump – Spartan Controls
• Retrofitting Gas Driven Pneumatic Pumps to Reduce Methane Emissions is Feasible, Cost-Effective and Results in Material GHG Reductions – Bluesource

2020

• Potential Technologies to Capture and Utilize Associated Gas at Upstream Oil and Gas Sites in the Duvernay and Viking Petroleum Systems

2018

• Advanced Methane Detection, Analytics and Mitigation Project
• Area Methane Detection Using Work Trucks

2017

• Analysis and Reporting of a Trial of GasPro Compression BTEX VRU for Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction
• DEEPP Distributed Energy Efficiency Projects Platform
• Advanced Methane Detection, Analytics and Monitoring Technologies (Phases 1.1 – 2.2)
• Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) Roadmap
• Methane Hub

2016

• Analysis and Reporting of a Trial of Gas Pro Compression BTEX VRU for Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction
• Fluid Mechanic Causes of Gas Migration
• Methane Advisor by Process Ecology
• Multilateral Junction Testing and Field Trial, for Permanent and Scalable Methane Emissions Reductions by Modern Wellbore Solutions Ltd.
• Glycol Dehydration Pump Optimization
• Centre for the Demonstration of Emissions Reductions (CeDER) by the Saskatchewan Research Council
• Canadian Upstream Oil and Gas Eco-Efficiency Equipment and Operations Handbook
• Auxiliary Burner System in Glycol Dehydration Units

2015

• United Nations Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) – Accelerating Methane and Black Carbon from Oil and Natural Gas Production Project Component on Technology Demonstration and Evaluation For the Recovery of Hydrocarbon Liquids

2014

• Conceptual Engineering Study of Technologies for Reducing Methane Venting in Cold Heavy Oil Production by Sentio Eng

2013

• Petroleum Emissions Management Accelerator

2012

• Field Evaluation for the REMVue LHP Technology
• Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
• Stationary Engine Air Emissions Research

2010

• Resource Emissions Management Technology Action Plan (REMTAP)
• Technical and User Review of the Nodal Analysis Tool
• Air Fuel Ratio Controller for Low Horsepower Engines
• PT Brands MG22D Diesel Fuel Additive Encana Testing Results

2009

• Capacity Building in China’s Upstream Oil and Gas Industry to Reduce Methane Emissions and Energy Intensities
• REMVue Industry Impact Assessment with Field Quantification Tests

2008

• Flue Gas Steam Stimulation (2008-2010)
• Fire-Tube Immersion Heaters Design Guide

2007

• GAS RECOVERY: Optical Fugitive Emission Pilot Study
• Generation of Electric Power from Waste Heat
• Methods Used for Air Emissions Leak Detection and Quantification
• Preliminary Scope of Work for a Third Party Test of Venturi Orifice Technology vs. Conventional Steam Traps
• Identification and Evaluation of GHG Reduction & Energy Efficiency Improvement Opportunities at Oil and Gas Facilities

2006

• LDAR (Leak Detection and Repair) – Optimizing Leak Detection Methods
• Zero Emissions Wellsite – BP Canada Validation of Sun Pumper versus Tex Steam units (2006 & 2012)
• AIRDAR Technology Field Trial
• Upstream Oil & Gas Fact Finding Report on Fugitives
• Business Case for Energy Efficiency in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry

2005

• Conventional Heavy Oil R&D Needs Including GHG Intensity Reduction
• Resolving Air Flow over Elevated Terrain to Improve Dispersion Modelling for Sour Gas Flares
• Barriers to the Deployment of Environmental Technologies
• Conventional Heavy Oil Quantification Standards
• Sulphur Recovery Unit Incinerator Optimization Phase 1
• Sulphur Recovery Unit Incinerator Optimization Phase 2

2004

• Emissions and Efficiency Enhancements with REM AFR Systems
• Optical Measurement Technology for Fugitive Emissions
• Improved Fire-Tube Immersion Heater Efficiency Project

2003

• Facilitation of Sustainable, Eco-Efficient and Greenhouse Gas Technologies
• New Flare Burner Designs

2002

• Well Test Flare Plume Monitoring

2000

• Flaring Technology Field Test Facility Flaring Mitigation Centre Market Assessment

1999

• Onsite Electrical Generation from Flare Gas

1998

• Low Fuel Pressure Heating Systems for Field Tanks –Production optimization

1997

• Onsite Electrical Generation from Flare Gas – Mercury Electric/Suncor

2022

• Potential Impact of Abandoned Anode Beds (PARSC 019)
• Recommended Practice for Cleaning Pipelines for Abandonment – Stage 1 (PARSC 007)
• Recommended Long Term Monitoring Program for All Aspects of an Abandoned Pipeline (PARSC 014)
• Enbridge Line 3 Abandoned Pipeline Segment Subsurface Field Study (PARSC 017)
• Review of Recent PARSC Pipeline Abandonment Research (PARSC 018)

2020

2017

• Tight Oil and Shale Gas Innovation (TOGIN) Roadmap

2016

• Novel Water Treatment Technology for Application to Hydraulic Fracturing
• Unconventional Resource Industry Development in the Duvernay Play Regions

2015

• Mapping the Unconventional Resource Industry in the Bakken Region
• Proppant Surface Treatment and Well Stimulation

2014

• Mapping the Unconventional Resource Industry in the Cardium Play Region

2013

• Altering Wettability
• Current Practices, Future Trends, and Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing in Alberta Tight Oil/Shale Gas

2006

• Filling the Gap Unconventional Gas Technology Roadmap

2001

• Regain Permeability in Tight Gas Reservoirs

2000

• Improved Water Production Prediction in Carbonates-EOR

2011

• Fracture Water Recycling Feasibility Study and Decision Tool-tight oil/shale gas

2009

• Emergency Surface Water Pond Treatment Technology

2001

• Treatment of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Water using Constructed Wetlands – Phase III

1999

• 1999 Seismic Investigation of the Steen River Reservoir

2016

• Thermal Mechanical Well Abandonment and SCVF Technology by Winterhawk

2015

• Eutectic Salt Replacement for Cement in Oil and Gas Well Abandonments

2011

• Downhole Well Abandonment Project

1998

• Low Rate Cement Pumping Unit
• Cement Selection for Squeeze Applications

2019

• Alberta Field Methane Challenge AMFC 1.0 – June Campaign
• Alberta Field Methane Challenge AMFC 2.0 – November Campaign
• Feasibility Study

2018

• NSERC FlareNet Strategic Research Network (2015 – 2019)
• Validation of Reduced Spacing from Residences for Enclosed Combustors
• Emissions Reduction opportunities in Dehydration Facilities
• Mobile Methane Sensing Analytics for Emissions Reduction
• Methane Emissions Data Aggregation and Analysis Project for FEMP-EA and Canadian Context: Resources, Patterns, and Measurement Methodology Performance
• Truck-Based Mobile Surveys to support the PTAC Fugitive Emissions Management Program
• Field Data Collection Study to Investigate Abnormal Tank Venting
• Alternative Fugitive Emission Management Program (FEMP) Effectiveness Assessment

2017

• Advanced Methane Measurements using Ground-based and UAV-based Sensors
• Development of a Highly Repeatable and Auditable, Cost-effective Monitoring System to Locate and Quantify Emissions via Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Airborne 3D Gas Imager Aerial Verification
• Aerial Emissions Detection and Mapping
• Mobile Methane Sensing Analytics for Emissions Reduction
• Pneumatic Vent Gas Measurement
• Verification of Quantitative Optical Gas Imaging System
• Pilot Measurements Study for Quantifying Methane Emissions at Upstream and Midstream Oil and Gas Facilities
• Fugitive Equipment Leak Emission Factors with Advanced Monitoring and Detection Methods
• Fugitive Emission Management Program (FEMP) Effectiveness Assessment – Clearstone
• Fugitive Emission Management Program (FEMP) Effectiveness Assessment – Cap-Op (2017 – 2018)
• Condenser APP

2016

• Leak Detection and Repair Baseline
• Revised Emission Factors for Level Controllers
• Vehicle-Based Fugitive Emission Detection and Attribution within Alberta Energy Developments
• Mitigating Low Volume Methane Emissions

2015

• Development of a Model to Predict Benzene Emissions from Glycol Dehydrators with Condensation Tanks: Project Continuation
• Potential Release into the Atmosphere of Additives used in the Hydraulic Fracturing Process
• Literature Review: Use & Environmental Impact of Amines
• Developing a Stand-off (non-intrusive) Stack Testing Technology
• Impacts of Turbulent Wind on Flare Performance
• Pneumatic Pump Alternatives for Cold Weather
• Flaring Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Heavy Oil Odour Management Technology and Best Practices
• PM2.5 Emissions Test Program and Emission Factor Development

2013

• Development of N2O Emission Factors for UOG Fired Equipment
• Efficiency and Emissions of Flares Burning Non-Hydrocarbon Aerosols in the Flare Stream
• Investigation of the Characteristics of Ultrafine Particles for Improved PM Emission Factor Reporting for Flares
• Development of a Model to Predict Benzene Emissions from Glycol Dehydrators with Condensation Tanks
• Gap Analysis for the Stationary Combustion Filterable and Condensable Particulate Matter Emissions Factors

2012

• Emissions from Flares with Non-hydrocarbon Liquids in the Flare Stream
• Understanding and Improving Management of VOCs from the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
• Evaluating Trace Emissions of Non-Criteria Air Contaminants in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
• Evaluation of Air Emissions Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing
• Field Measurement of Black Carbon Emissions from Flares
• Development of an Updated Screening Model and Method for Routine and Non-Routine Flaring Spreadsheet
• Development of a Model to Predict Benzene Emissions from Glycol Dehydrators with Condensation Tanks

2011

• Practical Defensible PM 2.5 Emission Factors for Flares
• Evaluation of Convective Mixing Losses in Aboveground Storage Tanks
• Development of Improved Emission Factors and Speciation Data for Heated Heavy Oil Storage Tanks
• Photolytic Degradation of BTEX from the Oil and Gas Sector (2010 – 2011)

2010

• Development of Novel Method to Detect and Locate Fugitive Emissions (2008 – 2010)
• Improved Flare Source Parameters for CALPUFF and AERMOD Dispersion Models
• Identifying all Sources of Benzene at UOG Sites/Facilities
• Evaluation of GHG Emissions from Crude Oil and Condensate Storage Tanks
• Improved Emissions Factors for Particulate Matter (PM) from Flares

2009

• Development of Improved Emission Factors and Speciation Data for Heated Heavy Oil Storage Tanks
• Phase II Non-Routine Flaring Modeling Tool Development
• Emissions from Flares with Non-hydrocarbon Liquids in the Flare Stream
• Evaluation of Emissions in the Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Industry
• Evaluation of Air Emissions Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing
• Field Measurement of Black Carbon Emissions from Flares
• Practical Defensible PM 2.5 Emission Factors for Flares
• Understanding and Improving Management of VOCs from the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
• Evaluation of Convective Mixing Losses in Aboveground Storage Tanks

2008

• UV Application for Selective Destruction of Emissions Consituents in the Oil and Gas Industry
• Continued Development of Numerical Simulation of a Sour Gas Flare

2007

• Gaseous Fuel Mixture Effects on Total Soot Yield from Flares
• GHG Emissions and Reductions from Solution Gas Flares in Alberta
• Predictive Model for Estimating Energy Consumption by UOG Facilities
• Catalytic Combustion for the Elimination of Methane, BTEX and Other VOC (2005 – 2007)

2006

• Quantification of Soot Emissions from Flares – Phase 2
• Numerical Simulation of a Sour Gas Flare
• Human Neurobehavioural Effects of H2S

2005

• Field Compatible Measurement of Flare Efficiency and Emissions
• Resolving Air Flow over Elevated Terrain to Improve Dispersion Modelling for Sour Gas Flares
• Effect of Sour Fuel Composition on Flare Combustion Efficiency

2004

• Flare Performance Research Initiative (2001 – 2004)
• Human Neurobehavioral Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide
• Caroline Livestock Study
• The Facilitation of Sustainable, Eco-efficient and Greenhouse Gas Technologies

2003

• New Flare Burner Designs
• Solution Gas and Knock-out Liquids Characterization
• Well Test Flare Plume Monitoring (2001 & 2003)
• Sour Gas Exposure Phase II

2002

• Solution Gas Analysis – Products of Combustion
• Controlled Human Exposure Studies to H2S Investigation of Neurobehavioural Potential – API

2001

• Vent Gas Mitigation Options
• Combustion Enhancement And Emission Reduction From Flare Stacks
• Well Test Separator Efficiency

2019

• Canada Warbler Response to Vegetation Structure on Recovering Energy Sector Disturbances (2016 – 2019)
• Algar Caribou Habitat Restoration Project (2018-2019)
• Evaluation of New Grizzly Bear Genetic Scat Results with DNA Results from Hair Collection – A Test and Comparison of Population Monitoring for the Future of Provincial Grizzly Bear Monitoring (2018-2019)
• Efficient Monitoring of Wildlife Responses to Seismic Line Restoration in the Algar Habitat Restoration Program (2015 – 2019)
• Targeting Alternate Prey to Understand Caribou and Moose Habitat Management Choices in a Regenerating Landscape: Increasing Functional Habitat for Caribou within West-Central Ranges (2018-2019)

2018

• Woodland Caribou Calving Areas and Calf Survival in Relation to Habitat Selection, Anthropogenic Disturbance, and Exposure to Predation Risk
• Influence of Forest Fires on Legacy Seismic Line Revegetation and on Caribou Habitat Restoration Treatment (e.g., mounding and planting) in Wetland and Transitional Habitats
• Grizzly Bears and Pipelines in Alberta: A Provincial Update

2017

• Redefining Designable Units (DUs): Phase 2, Mountain and Boreal Caribou in Alberta and BC
• Development of Remote Sensing Techniques for Regional Reclamation Monitoring of Peatlands in Alberta (2016 – 2017)
• Caribou Range Restoration Project: 10 Year Follow-up Monitoring of Naturally Regenerating Seismic Lines in West Central Alberta (2015 – 2017)
• Optimization of Cost-effective and Functionally Effective Vegetation Management Solutions for Forest Reclamation

2016

• Does Recovery Linear Features Increase Functional Habitat for Caribou? (2015 – 2016)
• White-Tailed Deer Behavioral Response to Anthropogenic Features (2012 – 2016)
• Grizzly Bear Survival in Oil and Gas Operating Areas
• Assessing Disease Prevalence and Caribou Health in West-Central and North-Western Alberta (2015 – 2016)
• Evaluating Genomic Diversity for Caribou in Alberta to Allow for Effective Biodiversity Monitoring, Augmentation and Conservation
• Monitoring Wetland Vegetation and Reclamation Across Space and Time

2015

• Assessing the Role of Grizzly Bears in the Decline of Woodland Caribou (2014 – 2015)
• Removing the Wellsite Footprint (2004 – 2015)
• Caribou Behaviour and Calving Success in Relation to Oil and Gas Development: Are All Disturbances Created Equal?
• Moose and Predator Numerical Response to Anthropogenic Features
• Do Oil and Gas Activities and Access Control Measures Affect the Distribution, Abundance and Movements of Grizzly Bears?
• Assessing Peatland Restoration Success to Meet Alberta’s Peatland Reclamation Criteria

2013

• Assessing Spatial Factors Affecting Predation Risk to Boreal Caribou Calves: Implications for Management (2011 -2013)
• Evaluating the Ecological Risk of Oil and Gas Development on Ferruginous Hawks (2010 – 2013)
• Grizzly Bears and Pipelines: Response to Unique Linear Features (2012 – 2013)
• A Tool to Assess Cumulative Effects of Development on Biodiversity (20102 – 2013)
• Long-term Revegetation Success of Industry Reclamation Techniques in the Northern Fescue Natural Subregion (2011 – 2013)
• Peatland Restoration of Abandoned Oil and Gas Well Sites
• Evaluating the Revegetation Success of Foothills Fescue Grassland (2011 – 2013)
• The Role of Predation by Wolves and Bears in Caribou Declines in West-Central Alberta
• We Have a Reclamation Certificate, But is it Good Enough? Long-term Reclamation Monitoring of Oil and Gas Footprints

2012

• Scaling Up the Role of Predation in Caribou Declines in West Central Alberta (2011 – 2012)
• Use of Anthropogenic Linear Features by Alternative Predators in Woodland Caribou Range
• Disturbance Zones of Influence on Boreal Songbird Communities in Northern Alberta

2011

• When is Reclamation Success Achieved, Using the 2010 Reclamation Criteria as a Guide?
• Grizzly Bear Response to Oil and Gas Development and Activities in Alberta (2010 – 2011)
• Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Grassland Birds

2010

• Strategies for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reclamation Successes on Native Landscapes, Including the Mixed Grass Prairies, the Northern Fescue Natural Region, Foothills Fescue Natural Regions, the Aspen Parkland Natural Region and Saline/Hydro-Carbon Contaminated Affected Soils (2009 – 2010)
• Plant Species at Risk Responses to Shallow Gas Development
• Evaluating the Ecological Risk of Energy Sector Development on Burrowing Owls in Native Prairie Habitat (2008 – 2010)
• The Role of Predation in Woodland Caribou Population Declines in Northeastern Alberta

2009

• Seismic Line Successional Recovery: Implications for Animal Movement and Weed Invasion in the Boreal Forest
• Range Expansion of White-tailed Deer: Differentiating Responses to Climate Change and Industrial Land Use
• Linear Features, Forestry and Wolf Predation of Caribou and Other Prey in West Central Alberta
• Wolf Movements in Relation to Natural and Industrial Landscape Features on Caribou Range in on East Slopes of Rocky Mountains, BC

2008

• Efficient Strategies for Remediating and Revegetating Sensitive Landscapes: Oilsands, Saline Areas, Forested and Foothills Regions (2006 – 2008)
• Putting Grizzly Bear Research Results into Today’s Land Management and Planning in Northwestern Alberta: Continue Map and Model Development for Northern Alberta and Complete Interim Health Results for Grizzly Bear Populations in Alberta (2006 – 2008)
• Development of Ecologically-based Criteria to Assess the Impact and Recovery of Seismic Lines

2007

• Assessment of “Species at Risk”  (SARA) Setback Distances Relative to Oil and Gas Activity (2005 – 2007)

2006

• Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program (2005 -2006)
• Native Species and Revegetating Oil and Gas Disturbances in the Sandy Soils of the Parkland EcoRegion of Alberta (2003 – 2006)
• Changes in Alternative Prey Density in Fen/Bog Complexes May Affect the Spatial Separation of Caribou from Wolves
• Boreal Caribou: Telemetry Project (Bistcho Lake/Cameron Hill Herds)
• Woodland Caribou Research – Caribou Range Restoration Project (2003 – 2006)

2005

• Grizzly Bear Habitat Mapping and Modeling in Alberta (2004 – 2005)

2004

• Development of Drought Tolerant/Salt Tolerant Native Grass, Forb and Legume Ecotypes for use on Disturbed Land in the Prairies and Boreal Forest

2003

• Foothills Model Forest Grizzly Bear Research Project (2001 – 2003)

2002

• Caroline Animal Health Study
• Recovery of Caribou Ranges in Alberta, Boreal & West Central
• University of Alberta Protective Clothing Research

2001

• Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project
• Sundre/Caroline Livestock Study

2019

• Data Compilation and Analysis of Phase II ESAs Associated with Drilling Waste Disposal Locations
• Regulatory Approval of Risk Assessment Tools (2017 – 2019)
• Finalization of Research and Preliminary Selenium Soil Quality Guideline Derivation
• Low Probability Receptor Assessment (2016-2019)
• Agronomic Receptor Evaluation for Direct Soil Contact (2018-2019)
• Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil and Groundwater using Heat-Activated Nano Stimulators (2018-2019)
• Standardizing Risk Assessment Approaches Based on Residual Mass vs. Numerical Endpoints (2018-2019)
• Re-evaluation of F2 and F3 Petroleum Hydrocarbon Management Limits (2018-2019)
• Evaluation of Reclamation Practices on Forested Upland and Peatland Well Sites (2018-2019)
• Plant Uptake of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Salt (NaCl) and Derivation of Soil-to-Plant Uptake Factors

2018

• Salt Affected Wellsites/Native Prairie Protocol Implementation Policy
• Development of a Chloride Water Quality Guideline Based on Hardness and Consideration for Cation Toxicity (2012 – 2018)

2017

• Salt Affected Soils: Quantifying Impacts To Develop Scientifically Based Remediation Criteria For Alberta
• Regional Approach to Assessment Background Soil Quality

2016

• Development of a Reduced Analytical Suite of Upstream Oilfield Metals for Groundwater Monitoring
• Development of EcoContact Soil Selenium Guidelines (2013 – 2016)
• Database of Background Metals Concentrations in Shallow Alberta Groundwater
• Understanding characterizing the influence of clay pads on toluene biogenesis in peatlands

2015

• Background Metals Database
• Regulatory Follow-up for Subsoil SAR SST Implementation
• Soil Quality Guidelines for Selected Trace Metals (2013 – 2015)
• Field Validations of the F2:F3b Ratio and BOC-adjusted PHC F3 Calculation for Resolving False Detections of Crude Oil and Diesel Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Clean Soils
• Native Prairie Management Limits and Surface Soil SSRA
• Salt-Affected Wellsite Closure
• Identifying, Characterizing and Addressing Soil and Groundwater Issues related to SCF and Other Types of Natural Gas Migration
• Regulatory Follow-up for Boron Guideline Finalization

2013

• Proposed Third Party Review for PTAC SAR Subsoil Guidelines Project
• Vapour Emissions from Ex-Situ Remediation (2010 – 2013)
• Updates and Upgrades to Alberta Environment Subsoil Salinity Tool (SST) Software and Manual
• Development of a Reduced Analytical Suite of Upstream Oilfield Metals for Groundwater Monitoring
• A Rapid Bioassay for Predicting Toxicity of PHC-Contaminated Soil (2010 – 2013)
• Using Laboratory Saturation Percentages to Estimate Soil Texture

2012

• Synthesis of Boron Plant Toxicity Data, Irrigation Data, and Fate and Transport Modeling to Generate Boron Guideline Recommendations for Soil and Groundwater
• Validation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Stratified Remediation Subsoil Criteria
• Implementation of Subsoil Sodium Adsorption Ratio Guidelines into the Alberta Environment Subsoil Salinity Tool
• Eco-Toxicity of Sulphate Relative to Chloride
• Alternative Process for Developing a Tier 2 SSRO

2011

• Synthesis of SAR/Hydraulic Conductivity Data from Multiple Column Studies Coupled with Three-Dimensional Transport Modeling to Support Framework for Subsoil SAR Guidelines
• Sulfate Adsorption and Desorption Properties of Alberta Soils and Their Relevance to Transport Properties and Leaching /Redistribution Rates
• Enhanced Reclamation using Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in the Green Zone
• Plant Toxicity Study for Boron in Peat/Muskeg Ecosystems
• Simplified Microtox Bioassay Procedure for Drilling Waste Testing
• Application of Different Measures of Bioavailability to Support the Derivation of Risk-based (Tiers 2 or 3) Remedial Benchmarks for PHC-contaminated Sites (2008 – 2011)
• Utilizing Carbon Ranges, Unresolved Complex Mixtures and Carbon Prefereence Index Signatures as a New Tool for Quantifying Biogenic vs. Petrogenic Hydrocarbons in Soils Contaminated with Heavy Petroleum Products
• Crop Response to Excessive Root Zone Contamination with Petroleum Hydrocarbons Under simulated Drought

2010

• Evaluating the Ecotoxicity of PHC F3 in Peat Soils vs. Mineral Soils
• Characterization of the Saturated Conductivity – SAR- EC Relationship in Subsoils
• Weathered PHC F2 and the Eco-Contact Pathway – Phase II – The Effect of Soil Texture (2008 & 2010)
• SST Program Refinement
• Petroleum Hydrocarbon Tier 2 Guideline Calculation Software
• Test Methodology and Toxicity Study for Boron
• Development of Assessment and Remediation Approaches for Salt Releases to Peatlands in Western Canada

2009

• Study of the Fate and Transport of Calcium Sulfate (Gypsum) and Sodium Sulfate Concentrations in Shallow Soil
• Characterization of the Saturated Conductivity – SAR – EC Relationship in Subsoils
• Boron Guideline Development Work
• Development of a Shower Exposure Model for Benezene – Background Work for a Potential Update of Soil Quality and Drinking Water Guidelines for Benzene
• Distinguishing Natural vs Petroleum F3 Hydrocarbons in Diesel Invert Biopiles
• Development of Assessment and Remediation Approaches for of Salt Releases to Peatlands in Western Canada
• Third-Party Sensitivity Analysis of the Suboil Salinity Tool Version 2.1
• SST Program – Refinements, Training, Solicitation for Incorporation into Saskatchewan

2008

• Development of Risk-based Environmental Assessment and Remediation Guidelines for Salt Releases to Muskeg and Other Wetlands Settings
• Validation of Subsoil Hydrocarbon Criteria for Stratified Remediation at Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities in Alberta (2007 – 2008)
• Refining the Analytical Protocols for Methanol, Amines and Glycols
• Boron Impacts in Soil a Produced Water Co-Contaminant

2007

• Final Phase – Guideline Derivation for Soil Salinity Below the Root Zone
• Distinguishing Natural vs Petroleum F3 Hydrocarbons in Oil Spill Impacted Muskeg Material
• Chemical and Isotopic Characterization of Water and Dissolved Gases in Shallow Aquifers in the Vicinity of Coal Bed Methane Operations in Alberta

2006

• Validation of Toxicology Test Methods for Assessing Petroleum Hydrocarbon and Brine Spills in Boreal Forest and Taiga Eco-Zone Soils
• Methanol, Amines, and Glycols Guideline (MAGG) Project
• Imaging the Fate and Transport of a Salt Spill During Remediation with Time-lapse  Electrical Resistivity (2004 – 2006)
• Guideline Deriration for Soil Salinity Below the Root Zone – Generic Salinity Risk Criteria Matrix Refinement and Screening Decision Tool Development
• Assessment and Refinement of Ecotoxicity Methods for Development of Tier 2 Soil Eco-contact Standards and Application to Site-specific Risk Assessments (Tier 3

2005

• Field-Scale Assessments of the Phytoremediation of Weathered Hydrocarbons in Soil
• Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints for Weathered/Aged (Residual) Petroleum Hydrocarbons CCME CWS Fraction F3 in Soil – Phase II
• Toxicity Testing for Methanol, Amine, and Glycol Quality Guideline Development
• Development of Generic Site Assessment Criteria for Salinity Below the Root Zone

2004

• A Re-evaluation of the Toxicity of CCME Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fraction 3, and Interaction Effects Between Fractions (2003 – 2004)
• CCME fraction 3 – gap study
• Compost amendment of oil field waste to remediate high concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons F3 and F4 fractions
• Reclaimed Soil Quality Benchmark Study
• Field-Scale Assessments of the Phytoremediation of Weathered Hydrocarbons in Soil
• Monitored Natural Attenuation for Upstream Oil and Gas Industry (2001 – 2004)

2003

• Ecotoxicity Risk Assessment of Hydrocarbon Residuals in Bioremediated Oil-Contaminated Clay Soils
• Improved Methods of Evaluating Revegetation for Determining Reclamation Success on Cultivated Land
• Testing Remediation Techniques for Salt Affected Sites
• Field Verification of Salinity Models Proposed for Developing Risk Based Salt Criteria in Soil

2002

• Plant Uptake and Degradation of Process Chemicals and Hydrocarbons in Wetlands (2001 – 2002)
• Reclamation and management of crested wheatgrass invaded sites in southern Alberta
• Native Vegetation/Wetland Inventory and GIS Mapping: Parkland Natural
• Framework Foundation and Guidance for Tier 2 Site-Specific Development of Soil Contact Cleanup Standards for PHC-contaminated sites
• Determination of Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints for Residual Unrefined Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil – Phase III

2001

• Treatment Of Hydrocarbon Cont. Water Using Constructed Wetlands – Phase III
• Assessment of Phytoremediation as an In-Situ Technique – Phase III
• Land treatment of bioremediated hydrocarbon contaminated soils
• Determination of Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints for Residual Unrefined

2019

• AB Water Tool (2017 – 2020)
• AB Water Tool – Water Use Reporting
• Scientific Evaluation and Interpretation of Baseline Groundwater Well Testing Data Available for British Columbia
• Alternative Water Source Life-Cycle Management Framework
• Hydropti: A decision support tool for water management in oil and gas unconventional plays

2018

• Develop Definitions for Alternative Water Sources to High Quality Non-saline Groundwater

2017

• Scientific evaluation and interpretation of baseline groundwater well testing data available for Alberta (20016 – 2017)
• Surface Water Diversion Learning Portal
• Develop Tool to Complete Environmental Net Effects (ENE) Assessment of Water Source Alternatives for Unconventional Gas (2015 – 2017)
• Investigation of Lay Flat Hose for Alternate Water Use Phase 2: Risk Evaluation and Risk Management / Best Management Procedures to Minimize Environmental Risk
• Strategic Water Management in Oil and Gas Unconventional Plays: Environmental Net Effects Evaluation
• Create a framework for operator and multi-operator Water Management Plans to satisfy the policy outcomes of the Water Conservation Policy for Upstream Oil and Gas Operations

2016

• Risk Assessment: Use of Layflat Surface Hose for the Transport of Alternative Water
• Implementing a Technology and Pilot Testing Process for Hydraulic Fracturing Operators
• Consortium for Permafrost Ecosystems in Transition (2015 – 2016)
• Water sources data centralization project

2015

• Consolidation of existing groundwater quality data collected in western Canadian sedimentary basin
• Investigate the potential for surface casing vent flow/groundwater migration issues
• Developing scope for treatment technology pilot
• Set protocols for sustainable withdrawal from lakes
• Identify regulatory challenges for re-using produced water and flowback in Alberta
• Catalog and reconcile water usage information from the available sources in Western Canada
• Performance analysis of engineered liner systems used to store saline fluids in the Canadian oil and gas industry: physical and environmental influences

2013

• Integrated Assessment of Water Resources for Unconventional Oil and Gas Plays, West-central Alberta (2012 – 2013)
• Understanding the Impact of Permafrost on the Prediction of Water Availability in the Horn River Basin
• Environmental Net Effects Assessment of Saline Water – Phase 3
• Water Collaboration Assessment for Unconventional Gas Development

2012

• Regional Groundwater Assessment Monitoring
• Fracturing Fluid Additive Risk Assessment and Selection Tool
• Treatment of Saline Water
• Socio-Enviro Impact of Increasing water use in the Duvernay Formation

2011

• Direct and Indirect Environmental Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing and Associated Additives
• Frac Water Recycling Feasibility Study and Decision Tool
• Sustainable Frac-Water & Produced Water Treatment & Recycle

2010

• Risks to Groundwater from Oil and Gas Drilling and Completion
• Water Well Testing Prior to Drilling

2009

• Assessing Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Storage and Water Reuse
• Emergency Surface Water Pond Treatment Technology
• Chemical and Isotopic Characterization of Water and Dissolved Gases in Shallow Aquifers in the Vicinity of Coal Bed Methane Operations in Alberta
• Beneficial Use of Pre-treated Produced Water and Related Salt Impacted Waters Using Advanced Ceramic Membranes

2019

• Methane Emissions – Human and Ecological Health Risk based Ranking and Prioritization Tool (2016 – 2019)
• Plug and Abandon Strategies for Canada’s Oil & Gas Wells (2017 – 2019)
• Multi-year compositional, isotopic and microbial investigation of gas migration issues to develop “best-practices” for industry

2018

• Plug/annular cement integrity analysis and fault diagnosis of mechanical plugs
• Identifying Regional Variation in the Source Depths of Migrating Gas from Conventional and Unconventional Wells in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
• Chemical Cement Alternatives

2017

• Definitive gas migration testing: Comparative assessment of different gas migration testing techniques and field instrumentation

2016

• Fluid mechanic causes of gas migration

R&D Projects in conjunction with Coordination of University Research for Synergy and Effectiveness (COURSE):

2000

• Characterization of Conventional Oil