2023 Technical program
May 2, 2023
*Preliminary program, subject to change.
SESSION 1 - Saskatchewan CCUS Summit - Part 1
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Cradle to Grave: Considerations for Planning and Executing Full-Scale CCUS Infrastructure Projects
Jodi Wildeman, Partner, MLT Aikins LLP
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Can We Spend Fast Enough to Achieve Sustainability Goals?
Jay Brown, Managing Partner, Pressure Corp.
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
How Geoscience Information Can Mitigate the Two Critical Conditions Necessary to Achieve Financial Success in CCS Projects
John Duhault, President. Starbird Enterprises Inc.
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Role of CCS in Reducing CCS Emissions: Canadian Outlook and Experience
Conway Nelson, VP, Project Development and Technical Services- International CCS Knowledge Centre
SESSION 2 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 1
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Lithium In Saline Brines (Duperow Aquifer) In Southeast Saskatchewan
Ben Rostron, President, Isobrine Solutions Inc.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
TBA
Gavin Jensen, Petroleum Geology
Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Resource Development, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
25+ years of produced-water sampling in the Williston Basin (Canada-USA): to what end?
Ben Rostron, President, Isobrine Solutions Inc.
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
TBA
Melinda Yurkowski, Senior Research Geologist, Petroleum Geology
Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Resource Development, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
May 3, 2023
SESSION 3 - Saskatchewan CCUS Summit - Part 2
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:30 am
A Systematic Approach in Enhancing Entropy’s Proprietary Solvent: Creating an Innovative Pathway to the Future of Cost Effective CCS
Dr. Raphael Idem, Professor of Industrial/Process Systems Engineering, University of Regina
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Deciphering Optimal Carbon Dioxide Plume Geothermal Systems – Analogies from Oil and Gas Well Design and Engineering
Devin Harshad, Drilling Engineer, RESPEC
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Lashburn Carbon Capture Demonstration Project
Dr. Walid ElMoudir, Process Engineering Manager, Delta CleanTech Inc.
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Risk and Uncertainty in Subsurface Storage Volumes for CCS
Graham Simpson, Vice President - Geosciences, GLJ
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break
SESSION 4 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 2
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Energy and the Environment: Why Oil and Gas Professionals Should Embrace the Climate Conversation and Take Back the Narrative
Andrew Parker, Executive Vice President of Hydrocarbons and Sustainability, SPL
8:30 am - 9:00 am
TBA
Dan Kohlruss, Petroleum Geology
Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Resource Development, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Examination of middle Three Forks (Torquay) co-development on upper Three Forks well performance in north-central McKenzie County, western North Dakota
Timothy Nesheim, Subsurface Geologist, North Dakota Geological Survey
9:30 am - 10:00 am
TBA
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break
SESSION 5 - Saskatchewan CCUS Summit - Part 3
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Alberta - injection hub planning, target reservoirs and the application of new seismic technologies – Part 1
S. Henry Williams, CCS Advisor, Optiseis Solutions Ltd.
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Statistical Review, and Life Cycle Assessment of Saskatchewan CO2-EOR Immiscible Field Operations
Muhammad Yousuf Jabbar, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Cenovus Energy
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
TBA
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Keynote Luncheon
SESSION 6 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 3
10:30 am - 11:00 am
More than CO2 Up the Flue: Critical Metal Potential of Saskatchewan Coal Ash
Brendan Bishop, PhD candidate, University of Regina
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Risks and reward in developing geothermal resources in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Nicholas B. Harris, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
TBA
Brian Brunskill
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Keynote Luncheon
SESSION 7 - Saskatchewan's CCUS Summit - Part 4
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Monitoring surface deformation over oil fields and CCUS facilities using Satellite InSAR
Kris Covey, Director of Business Development, 3vGeomatics
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
TBA
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Simple Solutions Helping Reduce Methane Emissions - Case study
Adesua Eigbe, Sales Manager, TCI Total Combustion Inc.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Quantitative Interpretation for Subsurface Evaluation in a CCUS Project
Carmen Dumitrescu, President, Terra-IQ Ltd.
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
TBA
SESSION 6 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 4
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Pore Space Management for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 storage via Nanoparticle-Based Foam Technology
Ali Telmadarreie, Co-Founder & CEO, Cnergreen Corporation
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Summary of Some Horizontal Well Polymer Floods in Heavy oil Pools in Saskatchewan: Insight into Future EOR Opportunities
Kelechi Amadi, Research Reservoir Engineer, Saskatchewan Geological Survey (SGS) within the Ministry of Energy & Resources (ER)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Characterization of Complex Fracture Networks Using Tracer Tests in a Hydrocarbon Reservoir
Daoyong Tony Yang, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Integrated Optimization of Hybrid Steam-Solvent Injection in Post-CHOPS Reservoirs with Wormhole Networks and Foamy Oil Behaviour Under Uncertainty
Senhan Hou, Graduate Student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
TBA