Impressive Outcome!
The Alberta 
Upstream Petroleum Research Fund (AUPRF) program continues to support sustainable development and balancing protecting human & ecological health and economic performance. The program contributes to the responsible development of our resources. The Soil & Groundwater projects are a great example of how the funds are applied to generate knowledge and achieve risk & science based implementation. The results are IMPRESSIVE!
The Soil and Groundwater Committee (SGRC) invested approximately $0.6M, leveraged an additional $0.9M for a total projects cost of $1.5M in 2015/16. The implementation of selected project outcomes resulted in estimated cost savings for Industry of $9-22M annually.
The PTAC AUPRF Soil & Groundwater team is a collaborative effort between Canadian Natural, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, EnerPlus, Husky Energy, Imperial Oil Resources, Suncor Energy, Alberta Energy Regulator and Alberta Environment & Parks. For more detailed information, view the presentation by Dr. Ole Mrklas, ConocoPhillips Canada using the following link:
