We wanted to develop some better simulation techniques for some of the advanced recovery processes that we’d been working on in the company. And the expertise that Dr. Chen and his students have was exactly what we needed to progress our projects.

We have a large group, and we can work on a lot of problems simultaneously with all the companies. We have developed the simulation, the visualization. The industry uses them, for instance, to make decisions on the production process in the field. And they could use the information from our model, from our simulation, for instance to reduce the water use, to reduce the carbon emissions to the air, to optimize the production, and also to reduce the operation cost.

Everything that they do here at the University of Calgary and Dr. Chen’s group is compatible with the things that we do in our company. And that’s really what we’re after.

The research we’re working on and the technology we’re developing are fundamental and useful to all the industries.

It’s a great opportunity for companies to get more directly involved in the research.

By working together, you have more ideas, more research directions — and that would help lead our research into more realistic applications to the industry.