Natural Resources committee  You hit a couple of the answers actually in your question, but research and development for Syncrude is certainly in our DNA. We started as a research and development organization long before the company was the much larger company of today, back in 1964 with our 30 employees of

Natural Resources committee  Certainly, our research and development efforts, which we conduct, are submitted to SR and ED. In addition, if there are research and development qualified activities that are conducted in our operations, we will also consider and submit those, if appropriate. How it mechanically

Natural Resources committee  Is the question at hand the one with respect to sequestration?

Natural Resources committee  We are interested, and we partner with others for research in that area. We don't directly conduct research at our facility, but we do participate with others. Currently, we are concentrating our resources on a process efficiency that in turn directly reduces emissions, instead o

Natural Resources committee  At this point, I would say it's our own investment, but it is leveraged through work with others. By working collectively with others, we essentially leverage our effort, resources, and expenditures.

Natural Resources committee  That's an interesting question. I want to answer it in two parts. First, I just want to touch on the collaboration with academia and universities for a second, because a significant part of that is the involvement of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Basicall

Natural Resources committee  Certainly. Good afternoon, members. I am pleased to appear before you today to speak about research and development efforts at Syncrude. The Syncrude R and D department exists to directly support the Syncrude operation. For us, the goal is to develop and deploy technology innov