Offering numerical modelling of thermal-solvent vapour extraction (TSVX) processes, SRC provides estimates for expected field oil production rates and recoveries for a particular set of reservoir conditions and solvent/steam injection rates and scenarios.
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SRC’s SLOWPOKE reactor was commissioned in March 1981. The reactor immediately proved to be a great resource for the uranium industry as it provided a rapid method to analyze the thousands of exploration samples that the industry was then producing. Learn more.
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SRC is home to one of five SLOWPOKE-2 low-power research reactors in the world. SLOWPOKE-2 is used primarily as an analytical tool for commercial analysis and research. Read on to find out what makes this reactor different than other power reactors.
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There is a lot of oil in the Bakken Formation – estimated to be as much as 16 billion m 3 (100 billion barrels) in Saskatchewan alone – but it is both difficult and expensive to access. SRC’s Enhanced...
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Mark C - Author Bio
Mark is the Director of Indigenous Relations at SRC. Mark works across all areas of SRC to provide guidance and support on projects, drawing on his many years of experience in relationship building...
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Mining practices have evolved with the advent of innovative technologies and new applications. SRC research scientist Dexu Kong, and collaborators from the University of Saskatchewan, researched a new way of recovering gold from secondary sources. Learn more about what they found.
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Over 8,800 inactive oil and gas wells and facilities in Saskatchewan were capped or closed under the Accelerated Site Closure Program. The program was announced in 2020 and provided $400 million directly to Saskatchewan-based oil and gas service companies.
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SRC’s machine shop can machine and fabricate items from a variety of materials to very precise specifications.
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SRC provides a wide range of services and innovative technologies for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), applicable to numerous reservoir conditions, oil types and operating constraints.
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Can and should small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do competitive intelligence (CI)? If so, how do SMEs create a CI program without exhausting resources?
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Disruptive innovation and entrepreneurs are good friends. Entrepreneurs are often the ones that develop new products or services that change an entire industry. Learn what disruptive innovation is and when a technology might be considered disruptive - and when it isn't.
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