with
Murray Gray, University of Alberta
Although Canada's oil sands reserves are huge,
current extraction and upgrading technology may limit the
potential of the oil sands to become a major source of petroleum
for North America. Future plants will not be able to discount
environmental costs, nor can they count
on abundant water supplies, low natural gas prices, and
the ready availability of substantial volumes of conventional
crude for blending with oil sands products.
This presentation will examine the research challenges in
developing extraction and upgrading technologies that are
efficient, sustainable and more environmentally friendly.
It will cover recent advances in understanding the molecular
character of bitumen, as well as the prospects for water-free
extraction technologies and for upgrading technologies that
recover energy lost in waste byproducts.
Dr. Murray Gray is one of Canada's most distinguished chemical
engineers. He is currently Director of the Imperial Oil
- Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation at the
University of Alberta, where he also holds a Canada Research
Chair and the NSERC Industrial Research Chair on Advanced
Upgrading of Bitumen. He has served the national and international
engineering and science communities in many roles, including
the President of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.
Organized by: The Partnership Group for Science
and Engineering (PAGSE)
Sponsored by:
--the Speaker of the Senate
--the Speaker of the House of Commons
--Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Date: Thursday, October 25 , 2007 from 7:30 am - 9:00 am
Place: Room 200, West Block, Parliament Hill
Cost: No charge to Members of the House of Commons, Senators
and Media. All others $15
Registration: Please register by contacting Donna Boag,
PAGSE Coordinator: 613-991-6369, pagse@rsc.ca
Registration Deadline: October 22nd
