Announcing the 2013 Conference Program!

The 2013 Conference Program is Now Available!

Join us on July 22nd as innovations from Alberta and beyond are presented at the Calgary Sulphur Forum. CLICK HERE to learn more.

Conference highlights

The conference will cover the full spectrum of technologies crucial to production, processing, and environmental remediation, with plenary sessions on nontechnical issues and specific projects. Conference tracks include:

Track 1: Rocks, Power, and Steam

• In situ operations
• Lowering steam and energy requirements
• Reducing operating costs
• Improving plant efficiency
• Minimizing environmental impact
• Enhancing in situ recovery of bitumen

Track 2: Value from Bitumen

• Technical advances in upgrading
• Reducing bitumen upgrading costs
• Minimizing water usage in heavy oil recovery
• New geophysical solutions that are underway

NEW! Track 3: Water in Unconventional Oil & Gas

The new Water in Unconventional Oil & Gas conference track at OSHOT will focus on water issues relevant not only to oil sands and heavy oil, but also to the unconventional oil and gas developments that rely on hydraulic fracturing - shale and other low permeability formations. CLICK HERE for details.

Techical Focus Areas for the Conference Program Include:

• In Situ and SAGD Operations	• Regulatory Environment
• Reservoir Characteristics and Fluid Properties	• Marketing and Transportation
• Steam Generation	• Accounting and Legal Parameters
• Drilling & Completion Technology, Strategies, and Techniques	• Engineering Design
• Modular Construction	• Combined Heat and Power/Cogeneration Technologies
• Water Management	• Economic Benefits of Cogeneration
• Pipeline Development	• Transmissions Issues/Initiatives
• Refinery Expansion and Modification	• Remedial Action Scheme (RAS)
• Alternate Fuels	• Alberta Electricity Capacity and Market
• Innovative Technology/Technological Challenges	• Combustion Turbine Technologies
• Coke Gasification	• Sulfur Management
• Extraction and Upgrading	• Byproduct Management
• Elements of Surface Mining	• Construction Optimization
• Technological Competencies – Research and Innovation	• Emission Clean-up
• Project Management and Planning	• CO2 Management
• Environmental, Health and Safety Stewardship	• Upgrading
• Reliable and Cost Efficient Operations	• Processing to Petrochemicals
• Oil Sands Mining Operations	• Geophysical Applications
• Tailings Ponds

Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Technologies 2013 Advisory Board

	Paul Brown	Equinox Engineering
	Satinder Chopra	Arcis
	Louis Chow	LCH Enterprise Ltd
	Keng Chung	Well Resources
	Gerard E d'Aquin	Con-Sul, Inc.
	Paul Davis	Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd.
	Brian Doell	PennWell
	Joan Embleton	University of Calgary
	Rafael Gay-de-Montella	Transprocess Inc.
	Magdy Abdel Hay	Lakehead University
	James Laughlin	WaterWorld & Industrial WaterWorld
	Dr. Shunlan Liu	Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions
	Derek Macdonald	Demac Energy Consultants
	Vita Martez	Southern Alberta Institute of Technology-SAIT
	Peter McAleer	Tundra Solutions
	Sudhir Parab	ConocoPhillips
	Tom Prokop	Suncor Energy
	Kunal Joshi	Babcock & Wilcox Canada
	Roger D. Smith	Jacobs Consultancy Canada
	Bob Tippee	Oil & Gas Journal
	Hieu Tran	Suncor Energy