The behaviour of fluids, emulsions, solids, and tailings has a direct impact on recovery, product quality, water management, and operating performance.
InnoTech Alberta helps industry solve challenges related to fluid treatment, oil-water separation, emulsion management, tailings dewatering, and reclamation readiness. Through applied research, technology evaluation, and specialized testing, we help clients improve performance, reduce technical risk, and accelerate innovation.
Whether you are troubleshooting an operating issue, evaluating a new technology, or preparing for commercial deployment, our team can help generate the insights and data needed to make informed decisions.
Organizations work with InnoTech Alberta to:
Efficient separation processes are critical to maximizing hydrocarbon recovery and improving product quality.
Our team helps clients evaluate and optimize technologies related to froth treatment, oil-water separation, produced-fluid processing, emulsion management, and chemical-treatment programs. We combine laboratory testing with process expertise to identify root causes, improve performance, and support technology development.
Understanding how fluids behave is often the key to solving processing challenges.Using rheology and interfacial-science expertise, we help clients understand viscosity, emulsion stability, separation performance, chemical interactions, and flow behaviour. These insights support process optimization, technology development, and troubleshooting efforts.
We support the development and evaluation of technologies designed to improve tailings performance and accelerate water recovery.Our capabilities include flocculation and sedimentation testing, polymer evaluation, dewatering and densification assessments, and technology validation activities that help organizations advance new tailings-management solutions.
Tailings management extends beyond treatment and water recovery.Our teams evaluate consolidation behaviour, strength development, hydraulic properties, and long-term performance to help organizations understand how treated tailings evolve and support reclamation objectives.
Successful innovation requires more than measurement.InnoTech Alberta combines specialized testing, applied research, and pilot-scale evaluation to help organizations understand performance, validate solutions, and make informed deployment decisions. Our work supports both operational improvement initiatives and the development of next-generation processing and tailings technologies.
Whether you are addressing a processing bottleneck, evaluating a new separation technology, improving tailings performance, or preparing a solution for commercialization, InnoTech Alberta can help generate the data and insights needed to move your project forward with confidence.
For More Information
Jose Alvarez
Manager – Hydrocarbon Processing
Jose.Alvarez@innotechalberta.ca
780-450-5395