Mark Lowey

New technology project funded by Clean Resource Innovation Network could eliminate oil sands tailings ponds

Mark Lowey
March 16, 2022

The federally funded Clean Resource Innovation Network has invested $10 million in a project using a technology called non-aqueous extraction that could eliminate the use of waste tailings ponds, proponents say.

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Organizations: Clean Resource Innovation Network, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Emissions Reduction Alberta, Exergy Solutions, Imperial Oil, Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED), Natural Resources Canada, Pembina Institute, Suncor Energy, and Syncrude
People: Andy Fillmore, François-Philippe Champagne, Ginny Flood, Jessica Huynh, and Justin Wheeler
Topics: innovative bitumen-extraction technology, land use water and emissions reductions, non-aqueous extraction technology, oilsands mining industry, reducing oilsands industry's environmental impacts, Strategic Innovation Fund, support for SMEs, technology commercialization, and waste tailings ponds in oilsands

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