- Wescorp Energy
Infobox_Company
company_name = Wescorp Energy Inc.
company_
company_type = Public
foundation = flagicon|CanadaCalgary ,Alberta (2003 )
location = flagicon|CanadaCalgary ,Alberta
key_people = Douglas Biles,President &CEO
Mark Norris, Chairman of the Board
industry = Oil and Gas
num_employees = 23 (2008)
products =Petrochemical services | homepage = [http://www.wescorpenergy.com/ www.wescorpenergy.com]Wescorp Energy is an Canadian company which provides technology for separating water from oil which it claims is significantly more effective than previous technologies.
Mark Norris, a former
Alberta Cabinet Minister of Economic Development under PremierRalph Klein , is the company's chairman. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Former Gov. Cowper takes post with Canadian energy firm | date= | publisher=Alaska Journal of Commerce | url =http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/121706/hom_20061215005.shtml | work =Alaska Journal of Commerce | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-03 | language = ]Oil/Water separation
WesCorp developed and patented a new method of separating oil from production wastewater and re-injecting the water into drilled oil wells. As a by-product, the separated oil could be added to total production. As of August 2008, this testing phase was reported as complete and the new process has begun entering mainstream oil production. [cite news | first=Rob | last=Corkerill | coauthors= | title=Wescorp completes nitrogen testing | date=12 Sep 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.gasworld.com/news.php?a=3098 | work = Gas World | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-03 | language = ]
The cleaner water can be injected to improve pressures in the reservoir without blocking the well. The company states that its process can reduce operating costs for a well by reducing the number of fracs (well servicing events) a year from 10 to five. Also, about 40 barrels of oil can be recovered from a 2,000-barrel-per-day facility. [cite news | first=Dave | last=Cooper | coauthors= | title=Tiny bubbles make big wave in oilpatch | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/story.html?id=de7793d0-406f-4d21-a9af-824989e4a4d1&k=14809 | work =
The Edmonton Journal | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-03 | language = ]The conventional technology used today to remediate water leaves oil contamination of 0.5% to 3%. Wescorp claims its technology can improve that to .005% (50 parts per million). [cite news | first=Bob | last=Moriarty | coauthors= | title=Free Oil and Clean Water | date= | publisher= | url =http://321energy.com/editorials/moriarty/moriarty080408.html | work = 321energy.com | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-03 | language = ]
ee also
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API oil-water separator
*Pollution
*Wastewater
*Industrial wastewater treatment
*Industrial water treatment References
External links
* [http://www.wescorpenergy.com/ Wescorp Energy Inc. Homepage]
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