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Oil Sands Water Management: Technical Overview & Market Perspectives

Oil Sands Water Management: Technical Overview & Market Perspectives

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The BlueTech® Research Webinars focus on key opportunities and emerging trends in water technologies. Each webinar brings together leading experts from around the globe to provide insight and analysis into particular niche areas in the water technology market.

The webinar format enables you to listen and watch presentations on demand wherever you happen to be. Each webinar is moderated by a technology expert in the area and we aim to ensure these discussions are focused and to the point, and are lively and engaging.

  • Insights from leading world experts streamed to your computer on demand.
  • Intelligent and succinct analysis and discussion.
  • Up to date information on the hottest topics in water technologies.
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February 21st, 11:00 – 12:30 EST / 16:00 PM – 5:30 BST Moderator: Paul O’Callaghan, CEO, O2 Environmental  Panelists:

  • William Heins, General Manager, Thermal Products, GE Power & Water, Water & Process Technologies
  • Mohamed Gamal El Din, Environmental Engineer, NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Oil Tailings Water Treatment
  • Patrick Horner, VP Engineering, Aqua-Pure Ventures
  • Tom Hann, Worley Parsons

This BlueTech® webinar will explore the current status of the oil sands industry and its water technology requirements and the challenges it faces and potential market opportunities. We will examine existing technology and current status of system designs. There will be presentations of the different approaches taken. Finally, there will be a discussion of prospects, highlighting research needs, new applications, and commercial opportunities. This BlueTech® Webinar will bring together diverse perspectives from the oil sands water technology providers, industry experts and leading reseach groups. The industry experts will present for 45 minutes followed by a 45-minute question and answer session where the audience will have the opportunity to interact directly with the panel. The following topics with be discussed:

  • Oil sands water quality and potential treatment approaches
  • The nature of SAGD produced water
  • Overview of current water treatment practices and need for future technologies
  • The role of MVR evaporation in SAGD water recycling
  • Transferring innovation from other high fouling produced water application to SAGD
  • Trailing
  • Oil Water Separation
  • An Overview of the industry in Alberta
  • Regulations
  • End User Perspectives

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