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Image: Joey Podlubny/JWN This article is part of the Fall 2018 edition of the Journal of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association. CHOA event speaker: Murray Gray, Senior Technical Advisor, Bitumen Partial Upgrading, Alberta Innovates Dr. Murray Gray has over 30 years of research experience in upgrading of heavy oil and oilsands bitumen. During his career at the University of Alberta he served in a number of roles, including Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Director of the Institute for Oil Sands Innovation, Vice-Provost (Academic), and Associate Vice-President (Research). Gray also served as Vice President Research at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar and Senior Vice President Academic and Provost of the Petroleum University in Abu Dhabi, before joining Alberta Innovates in 2017. This presentation summarized the key points in the “Bitumen Partial Upgrading 2018 Whitepaper – AM0410A” prepared by Jacobs Consultancy for Alberta Innovates. While there are no commercial bitumen partial upgraders currently in operation, the development of these technologies is receiving support from the province. The Government of Alberta is currently reviewing applications from companies to receive up to $1 billion in grants and loan guarantees to develop bitumen partial upgraders in the province. This would add value […]
