... next to a depleted reservoir without losing steam to it. Net revenue from the UTF Project has funded the costs of adding three surface well pairs and related plant facilities since September 1994. The UTF Project is owned by AOSTRA with nine industry participants, including Gibson Petroleum Company...

... Abstract The Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA) has completeda study with Industry confirming the technical and economic feasibility of acommercial oil sands surface mining venture using the AOSTRA Taciuk Process(ATP) and hydrotreating to produce a widely marketable...

... Abstract The successful demonstration of the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) process in the Athabasca oil sands at the Alberta Department of Energy, Oil Sands and Research Division (ADOE-OSRD, formerly AOSTRA) operated Underground Test Facility (UTF) prompted Shell Canada Limited...

... needs for 140 years. It would create up to 1.3 million jobs in Alberta dding 60% to its CDP. AOSTRA is searching for an industry operator to lead the way to commercial development. Introduction This paper presents an update on the status of the Underground Test Facility (U1F) since the last...

... Abstract The Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA) and its participants have successfully completed the Phase A pilot operation at the Underground Test Facility (UTF). As part of the Phase A project, a numerical modelling program has been underway to study...

... Abstract The economic and technical evaluation of heavy oil upgrading technologies has been the subject of many studies conducted by the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA). Based on the findings of these studies, major pilot plant demonstrations of four high...

... Test Facility(UTF) operated by AOSTRA, 70 km northwest of Fort McMurray, have achieved verypromising results with the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)process. To determine the applicability of the UTF processes to the rest of the Athabasca deposit, a set of screening criteria were developed...

..., when AOSTRA was founded, very litlle oil was being produced from Alberta's immense oil sands deposits. One plant was operating in the surface minable Athabasca oil sands using the wellknown Clark hot water process. This plant had serious environmental and conservation limitations and the process...

... in operation even though most of the oil-in-place must be recovered by in situ techniques. To stimulate the development of in situ projects, the Alberta Government, through the Alberta Oils Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA), has made available to industry a $100 million fund to be used forin...