The Canadian-based global energy and chemical company, Nexen Inc., has committed $240,000 to fund a research project that could help overcome a serious limitation to the future growth of the oil sands industry.

Todd Pugsley, PhD, professor of chemical engineering at the College, will lead the project. He explains: “The research really addresses the issue of alternative ways to make hydrogen, which is significant because to take oil sand out of the ground and upgrade it to something useful requires very large volumes of hydrogen.”

Read the full article in the University of Saskatchewan, College of Engineering fall newsletter (pdf).

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