Oilsands 2012
August 28 to August 30, 2012
Edmonton, Alberta Canada

Thursday, August 30, 2012

All sessions take place in the Engineering Teaching and Learning Centre (ETLC), Room 1-001 unless noted. Start time of 8:00 am which begins with a continental breakfast. Opening talk starts at 8:30 am. Talks end at 12:15 pm followed by lunch. End of conference.

8:00 - 8:30                 Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:15                Keynote Speaker

                                    Randy Mikula, Kalium Research                                   

Talk Title: The Impact of New Tailings Management Strategies on the Extraction Process

9:15 – 9:45                Kevin Moran, Titanium Corporation Inc.,

Edmonton, AB

Valuable Heavy Minerals Production and Remediating Froth Treatment Tailings 

9:45 – 10:15              Colin Klein, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering,

                                    University of Alberta

                                    Effect of Residual Bitumen on Polymer based Flocculation of Mature Fine Tailings

10:15 – 10:45           COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:15           M.A. Rahman, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering,

                                    University of Alberta           

The Lockhart-Martinelli Correlation is a Reliable Tool for Estimating the Pressure Gradient of Three Phase Flows in Horizontal Pipes

11:15 – 11:45          Loic Barre, CNRS - IFP, Cedex, France

                                    Characterization and Modeling of Asphaltenes: from Model to Processing Conditions

11:45 – 12:15           Zhendi Wang, Emergencies Science and Technology Section (ESTS), Science and Technology Branch,

Environment Canada

                                    Forensic Fingerprinting of Alberta Oil Sands Bitumen and Oilsands Contaminated Environmental Samples

12:15 – 1:30              LUNCH – Solarium, 2^nd floor ETLC

End of Conference