Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00571, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Nassar, Nashaat (University of Calgary), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : STS Tracer Services Ltd is seeking a solution that provides on-site and immediate analysis of the flowback_x000D_
fluid for fracking and water flooding during oil and gas extraction processes. Currently, industry methods for_x000D_
analysing tracers in-lab testing requires about 3-10 business day time-lag between the collection of sample,_x000D_
analysis and receiving lab results. During this time, fracking and water flooding cannot be stopped which leads_x000D_
to sub-optimal implementation of these costly operations._x000D_
Development of a tracer and analysis method for on-site and immediate analysis of the flowback fluid has the_x000D_
potential to significantly reduce cost and improve efficiency of fracking and water flooding operations, leading_x000D_
to higher oil and gas recoveries than the current practice._x000D_
This grant will support the development of tracing agents and simple analytical method that would allow the_x000D_
identified tracing agent to be consistently detected on-site within 50 ppb to 500 ppb when 1 part tracing agent_x000D_
is mixed with 1 million parts of water., program purpose french : STS Tracer Services Ltd is seeking a solution that provides on-site and immediate analysis of the flowback_x000D_
fluid for fracking and water flooding during oil and gas extraction processes. Currently, industry methods for_x000D_
analysing tracers in-lab testing requires about 3-10 business day time-lag between the collection of sample,_x000D_
analysis and receiving lab results. During this time, fracking and water flooding cannot be stopped which leads_x000D_
to sub-optimal implementation of these costly operations._x000D_
Development of a tracer and analysis method for on-site and immediate analysis of the flowback fluid has the_x000D_
potential to significantly reduce cost and improve efficiency of fracking and water flooding operations, leading_x000D_
to higher oil and gas recoveries than the current practice._x000D_
This grant will support the development of tracing agents and simple analytical method that would allow the_x000D_
identified tracing agent to be consistently detected on-site within 50 ppb to 500 ppb when 1 part tracing agent_x000D_
is mixed with 1 million parts of water., agreement title english : Design and development of nano-based on-site detection and measurement technology for optimizing drilling and fracking of low permeability hydrocarbon reservoirs, agreement title french : Design and development of nano-based on-site detection and measurement technology for optimizing drilling and fracking of low permeability hydrocarbon reservoirs, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-08, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada