Phase V: 2023-2025
NSERC ALLIANCE – $1,533,000
Industry Matching – $775,000
“Advancing Field- and Lab-Based Reservoir and Hydraulic Fracture Characterization Methods for Evaluation of Subsurface Transitional Energy Pathways”
NSERC SYNERGY AWARD – $200,000 TO TOC
Industry VOUCHERS – $240,000 ($30K / SPONSOR)
“Tight Oil Consortium”, with Chevron Canada Resources Ltd, Shell Canada Ltd, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, ARC Resources Ltd, Birchcliff Energy Ltd., Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Artis Exploration Ltd., Ovintiv Inc.”
Mitacs Accelerate / Partner Organization Award – $115,000
“Evaluation of CO2 Storage Potential in the Deep Mannville Coals – Phase 2: Horizontal Well Simulation and Use of Subsurface Coal for CO2-containing Mixed Gas Component Separation”
Mitacs Accelerate / Partner Organization Award – $33,333
“Evaluation of Inter-well Connectivity for Well Spacing Optimization”
Additional Industry Funding – Est. $950,000
Phase IV: 2020-2022
NSERC Alliance 2 – $438,704
Industry Matching – $320,000
“Novel pilot process for simultaneously testing CO2 sequestration and cyclic gas injection in unconventional reservoirs”
NSERC ALLIANCE 1 – $1,121,936
Industry Matching – $900,000
“Advancing Field- and Lab-Based reservoir and hydraulic fracture characterization methods to support sustainable development of unconventional resources”
NSERC DISCOVERY – $320,000*
“Experimental Evaluation of Unconventional Reservoir Sample Properties Using Rate- and Pressure-Transient Analysis Methods”
*to 03/2025
NSERC DISCOVERY Accelerator Supplements – $120,000
“Experimental Evaluation of Unconventional Reservoir Sample Properties Using Rate- and Pressure-Transient Analysis Methods”
Mitacs/Partner Organization Award – $260,000
“Micro- and Nanofluidics to Measure Fluid Performance in Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction”
Mitacs/Partner Organization Award – $190,000
“Evaluation of CO2 Storage Potential in the Deep Mannville Coals – Phase 1: Vertical Well Injection Testing”
Mitacs/Partner Organization Award – $24,000
“Evaluation of CO2 Storage Potential in Deep Mannville Coals: Pre-field-testing Simulation – Phase 1”
Additional Industry Funding – Est. $1,190,000
Phase III: 2017-2019
NSERC CRD – $525,645
Industry Matching – $600,000
“Advancing rate-transient analysis for improved characterization and forecasting of Canada’s unconventional light oil reservoirs”
NSERC CRD – $449,528
Industry Matching – $300,000
“Evaluations of CO2/lean gas huff’n’puff pilot opportunities in liquid-rich shale: an economically viable option for reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions?”
Additional Industry Funding – $1,750,000
Phase II: 2014-2016
NSERC CRD – $528,015
Industry Matching – $825,000
“Advanced Reservoir Characterization of Tight Oil Reservoirs”
NSERC DISCOVERY – $150,000*
“Use of Drill Cuttings for Optimizing Recovery From Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs”
*2015-2019
Additional Industry Funding – ~$1,550,000
Phase I: 2011-2013