Strategic Assessment of Water and Wastewater Treatment Requirements for the Canadian Oil Sands Markets

Content

• Analysis of the water and wastewater treatment requirements for the oil sands market
  • Introduction
    • Introduction
    • Hydrocarbons sources
    • Alberta oil sands - assessment of available resources
    • Oil sands production - past present and future
  • Mining and extraction
    • Surface mining
    • Bitumen extraction
  • Water issues - related to mining of bitumen
    • Water issues - related to surface mining of bitumen
    • Tailings management and lack of standards
    • Spray freezing alternative
  • Bitumen recovery
    • In-situ bitumen recovery
    • Steam-assisted gravity drainage (sagd)
    • History and development
    • Current applications
    • Cyclic steam stimulation (css)
  • Alternative methods
    • Vapex
    • Isc/thai
  • Water issues - related to sagd and css in-situ bitumen extraction
    • Withdrawal
    • Wastewater
  • Energy issues and uncertainties
    • Energy for energy
    • Issues and uncertainties
    • Key challenges for in-situ based operations
    • Advantages for oil sands vs. conventional oil
    • Geopolitical importance
  • Industry leaders
    • Canadian natural
    • Imperial oil limited
    • The three largest oil sands operations
  • Economics and environmental concerns
    • Economics
    • Environmental concerns