Canada Undertakes Oil Sands Water Research Project

The Canadian Government, Alberta Water Research Institute, Outotec, Kemira and Suncor Energy Services have started a research project to foster sustainable water use in the Canadian oil sands.

The five-year research project, entitled Water Quality Management for Oil Sands Extraction, will focus on water quality management studies to address water consumption, reuse and recycling by the in-situ oil sands extraction industry.

The research project will also contribute to the science of water treatment, as well as physical and chemical processes for the removal of water from oil-water-solid systems, according to workingwithwater.com.

The project is jointly funded by the industry (C$750,000), the Alberta Water Research Institute (C$600,000) and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (C$750,000).