Natural Resources committee  No, I do not.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not familiar with the geothermic fuel cells process for shale extraction.

Natural Resources committee  When you are referring to our own market—

Natural Resources committee  —I assume you're referring.... We're not recovering oil from shale oil. We're recovering oil from conventional reservoirs that contain bitumen. They're not the same thing.

Natural Resources committee  I'll give you an example. One of the largest shale plays in the U.S. that's been under development or active research for a number of years is in the Dakotas. Shell has had an active program of deriving kerogen from shale with hot rods, surrounded by a freezing structure to driv

Natural Resources committee  You are right in the last sentence. We mobilize the oil and then we collect it in a well by gravity drainage. The science in that part is simple. Make it mobile, let it drain to the bottom, and then pump it to the surface.

Natural Resources committee  You would have to dilute it for shipping. You would require a diluent for transportation.

Natural Resources committee  More likely.... Notwithstanding that it's a heavy oil, it retains a liquid form. It's not a solid at surface.

Natural Resources committee  Are you referring to the...?

Natural Resources committee  There are different companies that are already commercial. Esso at Cold Lake has a project called LASER—liquid addition to steam to enhance recovery. It's commercial. At the University of Calgary, we chair a consortium of 16 companies to address the questions you just asked. What

Natural Resources committee  On your first question on solvents, this is learning from the past. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Alberta led the world in the recovery of light oil, using propane or ethane in natural gas. Recovery factors in reservoirs—I first started doing this out of school in 1981—went

Natural Resources committee  Radio frequency isn't a microwave. It's part of the electromagnetic spectrum, like the light in the room. It's just a different portion. It delivers heat as microwaves do for water. It's a similar idea.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. I think the words you used, Ms. Bennett, were bang on: the partnership that you would have with the community. We're a participant in the Wabasca community. We have an office within the community and it is staffed from the community, which puts us in a position where

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. The two comments on effective regulation were an acknowledgment on our company's part, and certainly on the part of the industry, that we do need to not only improve it, but that in making it effective, it's not about more regulation. It's ab

Natural Resources committee  Okay. I will do so.