22-S11 Can Alberta’s Crude Oil Be Developed in An Environmentally Friendly way? – Law, David

What is the global perspective of Alberta’s crude oil development? What are crude oils and their classification of light (or conventional) oil, heavy oil and bitumen? What are the different kinds of rock formations containing the crude oils? What are the current technologies being used to recover different kinds of crude oils in Alberta and their environmental impact? What are the new developing technologies that can be considered for Alberta’s future crude oil development? The answers to these questions will be provided to better understand the challenges in balancing technology, environment and economics facing the Alberta oil industry. Ultimately, students should be able to provide their own answers to the topic of this course.

 Instructor

David Law retired as Heavy Oil Technical Director from Schlumberger in 2015. He has over 30 years’ experience in technology development in crude oil recovery. He holds MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Alberta, both in chemical engineering. He was a registered professional engineer until his retirement.