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Regina – Ran Narayanasamy, President & CEO of PTRC, issued the following statement in response to today’s federal budget announcement of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) tax incentives   “PTRC welcomes in the federal budget unveiled on Thursday, a refundable investment tax credit to encourage the country’s oil and gas companies and other…

For Release: February 14, 2022  (To downlosd or view the PDF of this announcement, and for contact information, click here)   The Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) and its Board of Directors announce today the appointment of Mr. Ranjith (Ran) Narayanasamy as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer and President.   Mr. Narayanasamy comes to the PTRC…

One of the objectives of the Aquistore project – which has seen over 393 kilotonnes of CO2 injected 3.2 km underground into a deep saline formation – has been to track the growth of the CO2 plume over time. To date, this has been accomplished by surface-based 4D seismic imaging (4 time-lapse images have been produced since injection began) and PND logging in the observation well. 4D…

Zeinab Movahedzadeh received word this week – after extensive exams and reviews – that she has been awarded her P. Eng. from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of Saskatchewan (APEGS).  Congratulations from all your colleagues at the PTRC.