Media Coverage

February 2010

New In Situ Energy Research Facility Offically Opens! Click here for details on this facility and the innovative
research that will be performed there.

January 2010

Energy Processing Canada, Jan/Feb 2010, Article entitled:
"U of C Opens New Oilsands Facility" (pdf)

August 2008
Alberta Venture, August 2008 - "Dawn of the Clean Oil Sands"; by Bruce White

June 2006
ISEEE Supplement No. 3–“Expanding Our Horizon”(PDF)(feature story about Shell International E&P/Shell Canada’s support for the Centre)

May 2006
Heavy Oil Alberta Project– Shell International E&P/Shell Canada’s support for The Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy Centre is featured in a 20-page “Research” section of Guide Book and Directory of Alberta's Heavy Oil and Oil Sands (published by the Alberta Government, the Canadian Heavy Oil Association and JuneWarren Publishing Ltd.)

Check out the entire Guide Book and Directory:
http://www.abheavyoilguidebook.com/hoap/2006/

September 14, 2005
U of C In The News – “Shell boosts oilsands research with major investment”

June 2, 2005
Business Edge – “Scholar says Butler’s SAGD idea to ‘change the whole geopolitics of oil’” (story about Dr. Roger Butler, the late SAGD inventor at the U of C)

September 2005
The Recorder (Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists) – “ISEEE – A Unique Model to Advance Sustainable Energy Technologies”

May 19, 2005
Business Edge – “Institute’s clean energy vision worth effort”

January 2005
The Recorder(Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists) – “Reservoir Characterization and Heavy Oil Production” (PDF)

November 2004
ISEEE Supplement No. 2 – “Sustaining Energy, Environment and Economy” (PDF)(two-page feature story about the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy)

October 23, 2004
Petroleum News –

October 15, 2004
U of C OnCampus Weekly– “Unlocking Buried Oil Reserves”

November 11, 2004
Business Edge – “Energy, environment blended at institute”

October 14, 2004
U of C In The News – “Funding sets stage for revolution in energy production”

February 2004
ISEEE Supplement No. 1– “Fuelling Our Future” (PDF)(story about Centre Co-Director Dr. Pedro Pereira-Almao)

In addition to the items available here, media coverage of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy has included:

Financial Post
“Going Deep, Staying Deep”
(April 3, 2006)

Oilweek
“Brain storm – Oil industry growth drives interest in professional skills”
(November 2005)
“Opening the future – Advanced research fuels the goal of sustainability”
(October 2005)
“A tale of two countries”
(September 2005)

New Technology Magazine
“Underground: Next-Generation Oilsands Technology Addresses Natural Gas, Emissions Challenges”
(July/August 2005)

Alberta Oil
“An Interview with Roger Butler: A look at the man who invented SAGD”
(Volume 2, Issue 2)

“Photo Frenzy: Capturing the Earth’s Interior” (story about Centre Lead Researchers Dr. Robert Stewart and Dr. Don Lawton and their work with CREWES)
(Volume 2, Issue 1)

“Fire in the Hole: In Situ Combustion”
(story about pioneering research by Drs. Gordon Moore and Raj Mehta)
(Volume 2, Issue 1)

“The Oil Sands Revolution”
(Volume 1, Issue 3)

Innovation Alberta
“Microbes: Revolutionizing Oil Sands Production”
(download audio at: http://www.innovationalberta.com/article.php?articleid=494)

“Microbes: Researching Their Role in the Oil Sands” (download audio at: http://www.innovationalberta.com/article.php?articleid=495)