{"id":1553,"date":"2014-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-614\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:30:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:52","slug":"innovation-anthology-614","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2014\/05\/27\/innovation-anthology-614\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #614:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 614.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\";\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, 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sands production are about one third solids mixed with water.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Over the last five years <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Syncrude <\/span>has been developing a new method of depositing the fine particles under water so they don&#8217;t stay in suspension.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Eric Leneve<\/span> is an associate technologist with the Tailings Research and Development Team at 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class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;\ncolor:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">The new equipment borrows from concepts used in dredging and construction to deposit concrete under water.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>But for adaption to oil sands use, the equipment must be able to handle continuous deposition of large volumes of fine tailings.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">ERIC LENEVE:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\">It stays in place just due to gravity.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>At the end of the day, it will be drained of fluid and capped with sand and covered with reclamation material as part of our final landscape.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Once drained,<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>the surface can be reforested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Eric Leneve says Syncrude is sharing this technology through COSIA, the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Thanks today to<strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"> Syncrude.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Learn more at InnovationAnthology.com <\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">I&rsquo;M CHERYL CROUCHER <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Guest<\/h2>\n<h3> , <\/h3>\n<h4>, , , , <\/h4>\n<h2>Sponsor<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syncrude.com\">Syncrude<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/SyncrudeLogo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02014-05-27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\";\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 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