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What was once believed to be impossible became a reality on November 16th: micro sensor motes were successfully sent into a Canadian heavy oil reservoir through an injection well and retrieved via a production well. This exciting result is from a field trial conducted by the PI Innovation Centre – a joint venture of the Canadian Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) and its…

Bethany Kurz of the Energy and Environmental Research Centre in Grand Forks, North Dakota, gave a presentation in Weyburn on November 7th on hydraulic fracturing. The information, presented to a full house, covered the history, nature, science and technology of 'fracking' as it known in popular culture, and also addressed many of the public questions around this important hydrocarbon…

The Petroleum Technology Research Centre is pleased to begin a series of presentations for the general public at the Weyburn Energy Innovation Centre, located on the second floor at City Hall in Weyburn, on November 7th beginning at 7 PM.  The Weyburn Energy Innovation Centre was established in 2011 to help inform the people of Weyburn and area about the CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery…

The University of Regina has awarded the PTRC's 10th Anniversary Graduate Student Scholarship to Ms. Tayebeh Jamshidi, a student pursuing her Masters of Applied Science in Petroleum Systems Engineering.  The PTRC is delighted to provide this award, for $5000.  For information on the scholarship, contact the University of Regina's Graduate Studies and Research Office.