'Research for In Situ Energy' Innovation Frontiers application partnership workshop

油砂的未来将在很大程度上取决于革命性和变革性的研究和技术发展。这些矿床中蕴藏的石油可以满足未来几十年的全球能源需求，同时为加拿大创造一个极好的经济机会，但在当地和全球都可能付出严重的环境代价。能源短缺是不可取的，气候变化是不可接受的。只有众所周知的“跳出常规思维”才能提供解决方案。创新前沿应用程序中概述的研究包括开发沥青和重油的综合原位回收和催化升级的突破性技术，特别是针对加拿大的油砂，同时与现有的商业实践相比，实现了更低的成本，大幅减少了温室气体排放和水的利用。应用这项研究和技术将巩固加拿大作为世界油砂领导者的地位。

The future of the oil sands will largely depend on revolutionary and transformative research and technology development. The oil held in these deposits could supply global energy demand for decades to come - while creating a superb economic opportunity for Canada - but at a potentially severe environmental cost, both locally and globally. Energy shortages are unadvisable and climate change unacceptable. Only proverbial "out-of-the-box thinking" may offer a solution. The research outlined in the Innovations Frontier application includes developing breakthrough technologies for integrated in situ recovery and catalytic upgrading of bitumen and heavy oil, particularly for Canada's oil sands while achieving lower costs and substantial reductions in GHG emissions and water utilization as compared to existing commercial practices. Applying this research and technology will solidify Canada as the world's oil sands leader.