Despite economic and social impacts of COVID-19, research to decrease emissions and land, water and air impacts continues at Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance.

The latest news on how oil sands producers are investing and collaborating to develop technologies that reduce environmental impacts on land, water and air.

KXL is aligned with climate and Indigenous prosperity goals, despite apparent opposition from incoming Biden Administration.

Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance members collaborate to share breakthrough technologies that reduce overall environmental impacts.

Heavy oil is not an inferior product; it yields an array of necessary refined products and markets are growing.

Aman Ullah’s team of UofA researchers have found the feathers contain powerful ingredients that can clean water from oil sands operations.

University of Alberta researcher Hongbo Zeng is working on a way to remove particles from bitumen to improve downstream refining.

Innovative program explores full range of solutions including responsible development of hydrocarbon energy.

UofA researcher Arman Hemmati is working on an enhanced pipeline design that could make bitumen-carrying pipelines more efficient.

The process of returning land to nature is called land reclamation and it’s an exacting science