Alberta Oil Sands Inspire Industry Innovation
Oil Sands Water Treatment New Technology Promises Continuous and Sustainable Improvement Responsible development of the Alberta oil sands reveals complex challenges that are driving technological innovation across the country. These innovations are key to continuous performance improvements in the industry. Canadian businesses are developing solutions to challenges both new and old, and are helping to establish Canada as a world leader in tailings reclamation, water treatment and liquids storage. Tailings Reclamation A byproduct of oil sands processing plants, tailings consist of clay and other process effluents mixed with water. The resulting solution is contained near the production in tailing ponds that pose great and growing concerns about the impact on the environment. ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS), has developed a patented
