Environment committee  This started in 1996.

Environment committee  We worked with NRCan in our batch testing. A protocol was set up with SNC Lavalin, and all the tests were executed at NRCan facilities in CANMET, Devon, with the assistance of Dr. Hamza. We also had it at the University of Alberta with Dr. Jacob Masliyah, who was twice NSERC chair on the oil sands.

Environment committee  Any tailings ponds like we see today.

Environment committee  No. Absolutely not.

Environment committee  Tailings ponds are an accumulation of some 30 years of operation. You need a huge volume to ramp up to that scale of processing capacity. Because we want to blend the end-of-pipe tailing stream and cool it down with tailing-pond sludge, I have to measure both streams and ramp up.

Environment committee  As we said, at this stage we are undertaking to do a pilot project with an oil sands operator.

Environment committee  This fall.

Environment committee  Syncrude.

Environment committee  We've opted to go and set up the pilot plant north of Edmonton, a Fort Saskatchewan site that is suitable, to have access to resources for machining and so on, to do changes on the fly, to correct any problems that may crop up during our pilot. Piloting is R and D. For that, we have to look at whether the engineering design is suitable.

Environment committee  We truck.

Environment committee  Yes. We process it, and then all the data gets analyzed; the dilbit gets analyzed.

Environment committee  There could be wishful thinking. We don't know.

Environment committee  Synthetic crude oil and diesel and so on.

Environment committee  Correct.

Environment committee  We would be able to save the industry somewhere in the area of about 8% carbon intensity on their overall production.