Session Chairs: Neto Miguel - Spartan Controls; KC Yeung - Partners Energy Development Corp; Jian-Yang Yuan - MEG Energy; Mo Zeidani - Suncor Energy

In this session, we discuss new development in petroleum technologies, specifically, chemical finger printing and its applications to reservoir development, and asphalt binders production from bitumen vacuum bottoms.

Presentations:

A New Process for High-Value Asphalt Binder Production from Alberta Bitumen
Dr. Kasra Nikooyeh, R&D Engineer and Project Manager - Alberta Innovates

Applied Geochemistry as a Diagnostic Tool for Asset Development
Phebe Chung, Business Development Representative - APT; Peter Wagner, Sr. Petroleum Engineer - PETRONAS Canada