Oil sands facility workers in safety gear observing large-scale extraction equipment against blue sky

RESEARCH

22 May 2026

How to Extract Bitumen Without Boiling the Province

Imperial Oil advances construction of an oil sands extraction pilot that could cut in-situ emissions intensity by 60 percent

Oil sands processing plant with large green storage tanks and industrial pipework under a cloudy sky

REGULATORY

21 May 2026

A Carbon Price Both Sides Hate

Critics say Canada's new oil sands carbon price target of $130/tonne arrives too late to curb rising emissions

BDC-branded glass office tower with red asterisk logo above a city street viewed from an elevated angle

INNOVATION

20 May 2026

Can Alberta Clean Up and Scale Up at Once?

ERA's 2026 Industrial Transformation Challenge opens C$50M for AI, electrification, and clean-process tech across Alberta

Group of delegates and researchers at a formal bilateral oil sands technology agreement signing ceremony

PARTNERSHIPS

19 May 2026

Alberta Bitumen Site Restarts via $26M Korean Deal

South Korea invests CAD $26 million to revive Alberta’s dormant Sawn Lake project using innovative, emission-slashing oil extraction modul...

Oil pump jacks operating at dusk silhouetted against a vivid orange sunset sky on a flat prairie oilfield

INVESTMENT

18 May 2026

Canada's Oil Sands Eye a Pacific Exit

Canada's Carney and Alberta's Smith sign a deal to build a 1M bbl/day Pacific pipeline, targeting construction approval by September 2027

Oil sands extraction stacks emit thick smoke mirrored in a still tailings pond beneath an overcast sky

INNOVATION

15 May 2026

Can New Tech Finally Tame Oil Sands Tailings?

Alberta commits C$46M to nine mine water and tailings technology projects as part of a C$133M initiative

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