june 7–8 calgary, alberta 2018 oil sands innovation summit · amit saxena, sr. technical lead –...

TWO DAY PROGRAM

2018 Oil Sands Innovation Summit

JUNE 7–8 CALGARY, ALBERTA

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environmental research and development,

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DAY 1THURSDAY, JUNE 7

7:15 - 8:00

10:00 - 10:20

12:00 - 13:00

15:00 - 15:20

17:00 - 19:00

BREAKFAST

NETWORKING BREAK

LUNCH

NETWORKING BREAK

TD SECURITIES INNOVATION SUMMIT RECEPTION

AGENDA, SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE 4

8:00 - 9:00 Biodiversity In The Oil Sands Region

Does Wildfire ‘Erase’ The Footprint Associated To Seismic Lines On Peatlands? A Case Study From The 2016 Fort Mcmurray Wildfire

Dr. Jaime Pinzon, Restoration Ecology Scientist, Natural Resources Canada

Using sound triangulation to evaluate bird response to seismic line and well-pad recovery

Dr. Erin Bayne, Professor, University of Alberta

Monitoring avian productivity and survivorship in the oil sands region Dr. Kenneth Foster, President, Owl Moon Environment

9:00 - 10:00 Caribou Recovery

Caribou Recovery Pilot - concept development Scott Grindal, Sr Coordinator, Biodiversity and Water, ConocoPhillips

Modeling and mitigating wildfire risk in caribou ranges Amit Saxena, Sr. Technical Lead – Wildlife, Biodiversity & Land, Devon Energy, Canada

10:20 - 11:20 Caribou Habitat Restoration

Industry collaboration and innovation in application of habitat restoration treatments with the Cold Lake caribou herd range in northeast Alberta

Michael Cody, Lead - Environmental Operations Specialists, Cenovus Energy

Restoration of fragmented boreal landscapes for caribou protection: how can models help practice?

Dr. Denys Yemshanov, Research Scientist - Quantitative Spatial Modeler, Natural Resources Canada

LAND


11:20 - 12:00 Keynote: Approaching Zero Land Disturbance

PinPoint achieves the COSIA Approaching Zero Land Disturbance Exploration Challenge.

Jesse Tigner, Sr Ecologist, Explor

13:00 - 14:00 Caribou: Changing Predator and Prey Behaviours through Vegetation Restoration

Change in predator and prey use of linear disturbance features following treatments to restore vegetation communities

Michael Cody, Lead - Environmental Operations Specialists, Cenovus Energy

An ecosystem services approach to caribou range linear restoration planning Andrew Vandenbroeck, Manager, Energy and Environment, Silvacom

14:00 - 15:00 Satellite Innovations and New Tools to Monitor Effects

Satellite innovations for COSIA Environmental Priority Areas Paul Adlakha, Managing Director, LOOKNorth, C-Core

New tools to observe the effect of seismic lines on surface morphology, water table position, and methane emissions in boreal peatlands

Dr. Greg McDermid, Professor, University of Calgary

15:20 - 16:20 Remote Sensing Tools for Planning and Reclamation

Use of High-Spatial-Resolution satellite data for planning and reclamation of oil sands exploration well pads in the boreal forest

Sean Mercer, Environmental IPTL, Imperial

Remote sensing tools for conifer stocking assessment on boreal seismic lines Dr. Greg McDermid, Professor, University of Calgary

Silviculture toolkit for re-establishing forest cover Katalijn MacAfee, Forest Program and Project Coordinator, Natural Resources Canada

LANDTHURSDAY, JUNE 7


8:00 - 8:05 Director of Water Introductory Comments

COSIA’s director of Water introductory comments John Brogly, Director, Water, COSIA

8:05 - 9:00 Oil Sands Process-affected Water Composition

Process-affected water in the oil sands industry: toxicity attribution and evaluating ageing as a remediation strategy

Ian Gault, University of Alberta

Toxicity of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) and its fractions using mammalian immune cells

Nicole Phillips, University of Alberta

Hazard characterization of oil sand process-affected waters using passive samplers

Aaron Redman, Environmental Scientist, ExxonMobil

9:00 - 10:00 Passive Water Treatment 1

Passive remediation of oil sands process-affected water with solar catalysts Frank Gu, Professor, University of Waterloo

Water treatment and reclamation strategies for oil sands process-affected water using passive approaches

Dr. Mohamed Gamal El-Din, Professor, University of Alberta

The effect of oil sands process-affected water inorganic matrix on the photodegradation of model naphthenic acids

Rui Qin, University of Alberta

WATER


10:20 - 11:20 Understanding Cumulative Impacts and Watershed Modeling

Water quality-based strategies for successful oil sands mine closure and the importance of model validation

Dr. Skya Fawcett, Associate, Senior Geochemist, Golder and Associates Ltd.

Re-analysis of snowpack and lake sediment data in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

Cameron McNaughton, Environmental Engineer, Golder and Associates Ltd.

Climate change for engineers: designing for a future of unknowns – today in Alberta’s oil sands region

Andrew Baisley, Geoscientist, O-Kane Consultants

11:20 - 12:00 Understanding Cumulative Impacts and Watershed Modeling

Metals, minerals, and misunderstandings: a geochemical perspective on trace elements in the Athabasca bituminous sands, and their environmental significance

Dr. William Shotyk, Professor and Bobcock Chair for Agriculture and Environment, University of Alberta

WATERTHURSDAY, JUNE 7


13:00 - 14:00 Passive Water Treatment 2

Quantifying the removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Kearl treatment wetland

Alex Cancelli, Simon Fraser University

Degradation of naphthenic acids from oil sands process-affected waters by a semi-passive biofiltration process

Lei Zhang, University of Alberta

Improved passive biological treatment of oil sands process with MATSPHERES Victoria Collins, NAIT

14:00 - 15:00 Global Review of Pit Lake Case Studies

Global review of pit lake case studies Jerry Vandenberg, Principal Environmental Chemist, Golder and Associates Ltd.

Using aquatic mesocosms to examine potential ecological responses to oil sands water and tailings to inform pit lake adaptation in Alberta’s oil sands

Dr. Ryan Melnichuk, Research Scientist, InnoTech Alberta

15:20 - 16:20 Pit Lakes

Microbial community development in Base Mine Lake, the first end-pit lake in the Alberta oil sands industry

Dr. Angela Smirnova, Research Associate, University of Calgary

Biodegradation of toxic dissolved organics in Base Mine Lake: is it happening and how long does it take?

Evelyn Asiedu, University of Alberta

WATERTHURSDAY, JUNE 7


8:00 - 9:00 Tailings Panel

Tailings Technologies – Commercial deployment and research plans Brenda Leeds-Binder, Suncor Cheryl Trudell, Imperial Joy Romero, Canadian Natural Malachy Carroll, Syncrude

9:00 - 10:00 Tailings Technology Fundamentals

The NSERC/COSIA Industrial Research Chair in Oil Sands Tailings Geotechnique – An Update

Dr. Ward Wilson, Professor, University of Alberta

Creep / thixotropy in polymer amended fine tailings Dr. Paul Simms, Professor, Carleton University

10:20 - 11:20 Modelling and Simulation for Tailings Management

Delft3D Modelling of Sand Placement on an Oil Sands Treated Ben Sheets, Senior Geologist, Barr Engineering

Systems Dynamic Approach to Tailings Management Tony Zheng, University of Alberta

11:20 - 12:00 Modelling for Consolidation of Tailings Deposits

Simulating deposition of Clearwater shale – FFT blends using a novel consolidation test

Ralph Burden, University of Alberta

TAILINGS


13:00 - 14:00 Instrumentation and Control Systems

Instrumentation and Control System for Dynamic Inline Flocculation of Mature Fine Tailings

Dr. Abu Junaid, Technology Development Engineer, Canadian Natural

Visualisation of variable stationary and sliding bed conditions Stewart Bodtker, Principal, Patterson Cooke

14:00 - 15:00 Instrumentation Continued & Chemical Methods for Enhanced Dewatering

Outotec PSi500 Bradley Komishke, Process Technology Advisor, Teck

Limitations to the Geotechnical Properties of Polymer-Treated FFT Daryl Hockley, Corporate Consultant, SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.

15:20 - 16:20 Physical Dewatering of Tailings Deposits

Canadian Natural 2018 Pilot Program – Geobags & Filter Press Monica Ansah-Sam, Geotechnical Engineer, Canadian Natural

Feasibility Of Geotube Technology To Create Stable, Out-of-Pit Reclamation Features With Treated Fluid Fine Tailings

Nav Dhadli, Manager Engineering Projects, Barr Engineering

TAILINGSTHURSDAY, JUNE 7


8:00 - 9:00 CO2 Capture

COSIA’s director of GHG introductory comments Matt McCulloch, Director, GHG, COSIA

Integration of SAGD facilities with low-grade heat CO2 capture technology Dr. Philippe Navarri, Sr Project Manager, CanmetENERGY - Natural Resources Canada

Pi-CO2 aqueous carbon capture and integrated pre-treatment Kathleen O’Neil, CEO/Co-Founder, Pi-Innovation

9:00 - 10:00 CO2 Capture 2

GHG reduction by vapor suppression of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using buoyant composite beads

Joe Riordan, Principal Engineer, Energy Professionals

Alternative vectors for carbon storage in the geosphere Renzo Silva, Research Associate, University of Calgary

Capital and energy-efficient CO2 capture process for Once Through Steam Generator flue gas

Dr. Ravi Jain, President, InnoSepra

10:20 - 11:20 CO2 Conversion and Storage

The Long-term Stability of Carbon Dioxide Gas Hydrate Storage in Athabasca Region

Kirk Osadetz, Manager, Programs Development, CMC Research Institutes

Generating high value bioplastics from sulfur and CO2 using engineered sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

Dr. Timothy Kernan, CEO, CarbonSul, Columbia University

GHG


11:20 - 12:00 Mining Technologies

Utilising Artificial Intelligence to indentify energy savings and emission reductions Nathan Ashcroft, Business Development, Stantec

ARCTIC Mining Hot Water Production Challenge Kristen Sibbel, Process Engineering Supervisor, Teck Resources Devon Koroluk, Senior Environmental Advisor, Imperial

13:00 - 14:00 GHG Fugitives Quantification

Quantification of area fugitive emissions from tailings ponds and open face mines using remote sensing

Nick Veriotes, Air Emissions Lead, Canadian Natural

Overview of fugitives quantification project James Beck, Air Specialist, Suncor

GHGSat measurements of oil sands GHG emissions Stephane Germain, CEO, GHGSat

14:00 - 15:00 GHG Fugitives Quantification 2

Airborne measurement systems using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Robert Davies, Adjunct Professor, SAIT Nick Veriotes, Air Emissions Lead, Canadian Natural

Methane imaging and quantification system for emissions monitoring Dr. Allen Waxman, Chief Scientist and Founder, MultiSensor Scientific

Is it worth measuring CO2 fugitive emissions from tailings ponds and mine faces? Dr. Francoise Robe, Senior Consultant, RWDI

GREENHOUSE GASTHURSDAY, JUNE 7


15:20 - 16:20 Bitumen Upgrading

Public-interest benefit evaluation of partial-upgrading technology Kent Fellows, Research Associate, University of Calgary

Catalytic upgrading of bitumen using the FlexUP process Dr. Kyle Litz, CTO, Auterra

Negative-carbon steam, hydrogen and power generation for bitumen upgrading Joshua Perron, Business Development Manager, Clean Energy Systems

GREENHOUSE GASTHURSDAY, JUNE 7

DAY 2FRIDAY, JUNE 8

7:15 - 8:00

10:00 - 10:20

12:00 - 13:00

15:00 - 15:20

BREAKFAST

NETWORKING BREAK

LUNCH

NETWORKING BREAK


8:00 - 9:00 Forest Reclamation 1

Challenges in reconstructing soils: building the foundation of forest restoration in mine reclamation areas

Shauna Stack, University of Alberta

Rapid aspen and understory plant recovery following forest floor protection on temporary drilling pads

Caren Jones, Research Assistant, University of Alberta

Water uptake response to cap thickness and soil water availability of two boreal forest tree species on a reclaimed mining site.

Morgane Merlin, University of Alberta

9:00 - 10:00 Forest Reclamation 2

The use of microtopographical surface soil variation in boreal forest reclamation Trevor de Zeeuw, University of Alberta

Allocation of water and carbon in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) root systems exposed to localized drought

Ashley Hart, University of Alberta

Measuring the water-use of a mature tree: a unique opportunity to validate the heat ratio method

Dr. Kevin Solarik, Professor, University of Alberta

10:20 - 11:20 Uplands: Landform Design and Modeling for Tailings Effects

Modeling of PHC migration into the root zone of a soil cover for oil sands tailings Emily Rogal, Engineering Technician, National Hydrology

Closure landform design for an oil sands external tailings facility Monica Ansah-Sam, Geotechnical Engineer, Canadian Natural

Effects of non-segregated tailings (NST) on growth of oil sands reclamation plants Ira Sherr, Reclamation Specialist, Canadian Natural

LAND


11:20 - 12:00 Keynote: Seeing a Forest Through the Trees

Seeing a forest through the trees: science-based guidance on reclamation of Clearwater overburden

Marty Yarmuch, Soil Scientist, Syncrude Canada Ltd.

13:00 - 14:00 Uplands: Human Health and Ecology

Human health and ecological risk assessment of various reclaimed substrate materials and landform types at oil sands sites

Bart Koppe, Senior Scientist, Intrinsik Corp

Using trace metals as indicators of tree rooting behaviour in bituminous soils Marc La Fleche, University of Alberta

Establishment of ericoid mycorrhizal associated shrub species in oil sands reclamation soils

Ira Sherr, Reclamation Specialist, Canadian Natural

14:00 - 15:00 Wetlands: Advanced Methods for Classifying and Working In and Around Wetlands

In-situ oil sands shared practices for working in and around wetlands Jeremy Reid, Technical Advisor, Land and Biodiversity, Devon Canada

Identification and delineation of opportunistic wetlands on reclaimed oil sands mine sites

Joshua Martin, Sr. Technology Advisor, Suncor Energy

Advanced remote sensing methods for operational classification of wetlands Dr. Bahram Salehi, Senior Remote Sensing Engineer, C-Core

LANDFRIDAY, JUNE 8


WATER8:00 - 8:05 COSIA Water Introductory Comments

COSIA’s director of Water introductory comments Chris Godwaldt, Sr. Advisor, Water, COSIA

8:05 - 9:00 Innovation Infrastructure

COSIA Water Technology Development Center, WTDC - a live fluids test center to solve current produced water technology challenges in the areas of water deoiling, softening, filtration, steam generation and heat integration

Melonie Myszczyszyn, Water Treating Lead, Canadian Natural

Oil Sands In-situ Steam Generation Research Facility Dr. Vita Martez, IRCC in Oil Sands In-situ Steam Production, SAIT

Membrane Technology Assessment Program (MTAP) at NAIT’s Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability

Helen Hu, MTAP Program Lead / Applied Researcher, NAIT

9:00 - 10:00 Process Analysis and Automation

Electric submersible pumps monitoring and failure prediction in SAGD wells Rahul Raveendran, University of Alberta

Online HACH biotechtor analyzer trial performance for total inorganic carbon (TIC) alkalinity measurement to optimize hot lime softening

Dr. Mohammad F. Kabir, Water Treatment SME, Imperial

Implementation of novel thermodynamic steam quality model for Once Through Steam Generator control

Dr. Subodh Peramanu, Process and Technology Specialist


WATERFRIDAY, JUNE 8

10:20 - 11:20 Process Analysis and Automation

Optimized water treatment for in-situ bitumen extraction with on-line elemental analysis

Dr. Stuart Schroeder, Senior Researcher, Innotech Alberta

Optimizing thermal oil sands assets with advanced process control Warren Mitchell, Sr. Solutions Architect, Spartan Controls

Automated water analysis - oil, hardness, silica Richard Nordman, Zirco

11:20 - 12:00 Managing Impacts of Dissolved Organics in SAGD Produced Water

Variations of organics in SAGD wastewater – a search for the bad actors Dr. Thomas Oldenburg, Research Programs Manager and Adjunct Professor,

University of Calgary

Temperature effects on organics in SAGD Once Through Steam Generator boiler feedwater

Dr. Aprami Jaggi, Research Associate, University of Calgary

13:00 - 14:00 Future Water Treatment and Steam Generation Technologies

Replaceable skin layer ultrafiltration (RSL™), a low-cost alternative for managing blowdown and potential for high temperature treatment of produced water

Dr. Preston McEachern, CEO, Purlucid

Potential application of nanoparticle-modified membranes for produced water treatment

Nasim Barati, University of Calgary

Robust fabrication of high temperature nanocomposite membranes with for oil sands produced water treatment

Mohtada Sadrzadeh, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta


WATERFRIDAY, JUNE 8

14:00 - 15:00 Future Water Treatment and Steam Generation Technologies

An efficient approach for techno-economic evaluations of new water treatment technologies in a SAGD central processing facility

Dr. Alberto Alva-Argaez, Managing Partner, Process Ecology

ZLD technology: cost reduction of waste evaporator brine Martin Grygar, Manager Facility and Infrastructure, Integrated Sustainability

Novel steam generation with no water treating - flash steam generation Susan Sun, Water Treatment Engineer, Cenovus


8:00 - 9:00 Development of a Froth Treatment Sampling Program

Region-wide froth treatment tailings deposit sampling Dr. Skya Fawcett, Associate, Senior Geochemist, Golder and Associates Ltd.

Regional Assessment of Diluent Degradation in Tailings: Preliminary insights from microbiology and hydrocarbon analyses

Dr. Karen Budwill, Senior Researcher, InnoTech

9:00 - 10:00 Assessment of Froth Treatment Tailings

Development of an analytical program and data interpretation approach for assessing acid rock drainage risks in oil sands tailings


First look at in situ gas concentrations measured in froth treatment tailings ponds


Thermodynamic limit for the recovery of naphtha from oilsands tailings Dr. Wayne Brown, Sr Research Engineer, Coanda

10:20 - 11:20 Biological Methods for Enhanced Dewatering

Keratin biopolymers for dewatering and consolidation of oil sands tailings Jorge Daniel Grock Pereira, Researcher, University of Alberta

Optimizing the usage of tubifex to enhance densification and strength of oil sands tailings

Luca Sittoni, Program Manager, Deltares

TAILINGS


11:20 - 12:00 Adaptive Management in Tailings Operations

Evaluation of enhanced NST commercial demonstration technology at Horizon site

Song (Bruce) Li, Engineer - Tailings Planning, Canadian Natural

Expanded operational envelope of thickening and reflocculation through semi-continuous operation

Dr. Wei Ren, Senior Advisor, Imperial

13:00 - 14:00 Capping of Tailings Deposits

Capping and consolidation of soft tailings deposits Dr. Reza Nik, Technology Development Engineer, Canadian Natural

Capping Workshop Summary Paul Cavanagh, Sr. Technical Advisor, Imperial

14:00 - 15:00 Treatment of Fluid Tailings in Pit Lakes

PASS: a new technology solution for oil sands tailings management Dr. Oladipo Omotoso, Senior Technology Advisor, Suncor

15:00 - 15:30 COSIA Tailings EPA Challenge Statements

Release of new COSIA Tailings Challenge Dr. Adedeji Dunmola, Associate Scientist - Geotechnical, Syncrude

TAILINGSFRIDAY, JUNE 8


GHG8:00 - 9:00 Low Carbon Heat and Power 1

Deployability and Techno-Economics of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMR) for Oil Sands Applications

Dr. Babatunde Olateju, Manager, Carbon Capture and Utilization, Alberta Innovates

The improving business case for industrial waste heat to power in Alberta Sean Collins, President, Terrapin Geothermics

Natural gas decarbonization pathways Simon Davies, Manager, Facilities Engineering Services, Canadian Natrural

9:00 - 10:00 Low Carbon Heat and Power 2

Standing wave natural gas decarbonization Kathleen O’Neil, CEO/Co-Founder, Standing Wave Reformers

A dual cycle supercritical CO2 power generator Richard Sheppard, Technology Development, CEOX

10:20 - 11:20 Enabling 1

Cost-benefit tool / new technology assessment Jo-Ann Anderson, Associate / Economist, Advisian

Oil sands CO2 pipeline network Robert Craig, President, Sage Creek Consulting

11:20 - 12:00 Enabling 2

Development of the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre (ACCTC) Harold Krenkel, Manager, Processing Technologies, Innotech Alberta

Improving the Alberta innovation ecosystem for GHG reduction technologies David Van Den Assem, Client Services Manager, Kinetica Ventures


GREENHOUSE GASFRIDAY, JUNE 8

13:00 - 14:00 In Situ Optimization

An AI-based workflow for estimating shale barrier configurations from SAGD production histories

Jingwen Zheng, Research Assistant, University of Alberta

A low carbon steam generation system for oil sand in situ production Hwanho Kim, Research Scientist, Air Liquide

Design of expanding solvent SAGD processes in heterogeneous reservoirs using multi-objective Optimization techniques and proxy models

Zhiwei Ma, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alberta

14:00 - 15:00 Novel Non-Aqueous

Measurement of the solvent driven process (SDP) pilot Alex Filstein, Reservoir Engineer, Cenovus

Enhanced oil recovery studies from oil sands using targeted emulsified solvent injection (TESI)

Aurelio Stammitti, Research Assistant, University of Toronto

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