OIL SANDS

Imperial Oil builds Calgary R&D base

Imperial Oil is building a new research facility in southeast Calgary, Canada. The centre will continue the company’s progress in developing next-generation resource recovery technologies for safely and efficiently exploiting oil sands resources

Carly Leonida
An artist's interpretation of the new R&D facility

An artist's interpretation of the new R&D facility

Rick Gallant, vice-president of oil sands development and research at Imperial commented: “Imperial’s new facility will support our oil sands research and build on decades of excellent work in making oil...

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