Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy

Unlocking Alberta's Oil Sands Potential 

The Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy is set to transform the oil sands industry. We bring together many of the world's leading innovative scientists, industry and other partners to develop more efficient, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable processes and practices for in situ (in-place) recovery and upgrading of Alberta's oil sands resource, with extremely low to zero environmental impacts.

The Centre was established in October 2004 as an initiative of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre Program and the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE) at the University of Calgary.

Shell International E&P/Shell Canada is the Centre’s founding industry partner. ConocoPhillips, Nexen Inc, Repsol YPF and Total E&P Canada have become industry partners in AICISE. In addition, the Alberta Energy Research Institute, AERI, contributes to the Centre.

The Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy is housed in the Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology, with personnel in the Schulich School of Engineering and the Faculty of Science.