IN SITU OILSANDS DEVELOPMENT: THE NEXT GENERATION

摘要

BY THE END of this year, the site in northeastern Alberta where steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology was developed could be home to a pilot for a new in situ oilsands technology. The patented solvent-based N-Solv technology offers a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to SAGD that its proponents say will reduce CO2 equivalent emissions by about 93 kilograms per barrel, produced with no need for water If all goes according to plan, Calgary-based N-Solv Corporation and its partners will see first oil from the 500-barrel-per-day pilot at the former Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA)-now owned by Suncor Energy Inc.-by early April 2013.