LinkedIn® Heavy Oil Group

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“Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.” -- Soren Kierkegaard (Danish Philosopher and Theologian, generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher. 1813-1855)

I have said this several time before, but it is such an important point that it bears repeating … a social networking site like LinkedIn® provides more opportunities than simply connecting with colleagues. It provides opportunities for collaboration.

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Most Active Discussions (2)
Refining Technology Meet In Abu Dhabi 5 comments »
Started by Meghana Shah
Thanks Meghana, you will hear from us, I have informed my colleagues about this event. Mika
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara

Membership in the LinkedIn Heavy Oil group provides a heads up on conferences like the Refining Technology Meet In Abu Dhabi

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Discussions (4)
What do you feel are the key challenges relating to heavy oil developments and what are some of the emerging technologies that are making the heavy oil development viable? 8 comments »
Started by Sue Woolley, Research Manager at IBC Energy

Our technologies that are on the crude separation; we think that a combination of mechanical devices together with new emerging technologies, such as precoalescers (like the CEC) and multistage cyclonic technology (CySep) together with chemicals will give a robust and good solution. No quantum leaps, but some improvement, and also treating the slop oil with high performance.
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems

You can learn something from the discussion comments. And, finally …

Will Albertan oilsands benefit from the offshore woes in the US gulf coast? 3 comments »
Started by Vinay Mulgundmath, Research Scientist at Alberta Research Council (now a part of Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures)

As I believe that the BP-GoM catastrophy will increase the requirements that will drive the costs up on drilling and field development, this will also show in the oil price, that will increase. A higher pil price is beneficial for the Albertan oil sands, as it is necessary to have a stable high oil price, as the cost per barrel oil is higher for oil sands.
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems

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