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Mining Hot Water Production Challenge: Request for Responses from Innovators

Sponsored by Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance, Alberta Innovates and the Advanced Resource Clean Technology Innovation Centre

Table of Contents Sponsored by Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance, Alberta Innovates and the Advanced Resource Clean Technology Innovation Centre .................................................. 1

The Challenge Sponsors ......................................................................................................... 2 COSIA ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Foresight ARCTIC ................................................................................................................................ 2 Alberta Innovates ............................................................................................................................... 3

The ASBIRI Program ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Challenge Overview ................................................................................................................. 4

The Challenge Statement ....................................................................................................... 5 Water Quality ....................................................................................................................................... 6

The Challenge - Key Performance Indicators ................................................................. 7 1. GHG emissions reductions compared to reference case. ............................................ 7 2. Cost of Technology .................................................................................................................... 8 3. Technology Readiness Level ................................................................................................. 8

Evaluation of Proposals .......................................................................................................... 9

Additional Challenge Context ............................................................................................ 10 The Size of the Opportunity (for Innovators) NEED TO MAKE CLEARER .................... 10 Market Applications ....................................................................................................................... 11 SME Resources .................................................................................................................................. 11

Response Due Date: DECEMBER 16, 2016 Contact Information:

Email: arctic.info@foresightcac.com Phone: (604) 210-8919 Website: www.arctic.foresightcac.com

***Only non-confidential information should be included in the response ***

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Leveraging Other Opportunities ................................................................................................ 11 ARCTIC/COSIA/Alberta Innovates Non-Financial Support .............................................. 11 Schedule .............................................................................................................................................. 12 The ARCTIC Program Process and Funding Partners ......................................................... 12

Phase 1: Challenge Definition (3 months) - Completed .............................................................. 12 Phase 2: Innovator Selection .................................................................................................................. 12 Phase 3: Challenge (development) Sprint (6 months) ................................................................ 13 Phase 4: Field Trial Preparation (12 months) ................................................................................. 13

Appendix 1: Response Template ..................................................................................... 15

Appendix 2 Mine and Extraction Material and Energy Flow Reference Documents ............................................................................................................................... 20

The Challenge Sponsors

COSIA Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) is an alliance of oil sands producers focused on accelerating the pace of improvement in environmental performance in Canada’s oil sands through collaborative action and innovation. COSIA brings together leading thinkers from industry, government, academia and the wider public to improve measurement, accountability and environmental performance in the oil sands in four priority areas. These four Environmental Priority Areas (EPAs) are tailings, water, land, and greenhouse gases (GHG).

COSIA’s GHG EPA is looking for innovative and sustainable solutions to significantly reduce GHGs at oil sands mining and in situ (in place) operations without environmental burden shifting (causing negative environmental impacts in other areas). Its aspiration is to “Produce our oil with lower GHG emissions than other sources of oil.”

Foresight ARCTIC Foresight is a catalyst and connector, providing Canadian and international innovators with access to resources, expertise, talent and partners to mature and implement innovative solutions quickly. Advanced Resource Clean Technology Innovation Centre (ARCTIC) is a Foresight program designed to fulfill the need for a demand-pull approach while identifying both specific environmental, operational and environmental challenges in the resource sector and potential sources of innovation from across Canada, and connecting them to drive performance improvements and accelerate the commercialization of new technologies. The

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ARCTIC program is funded with support from BCIC and Western Economic Diversification (WD). In this Challenge, the ARCTIC program is working with COSIA to search for alternative hot water production methods with lower GHG emissions.

Alberta Innovates Alberta Innovates is an important investment by the province in the growth and diversification of Alberta’s economy. The corporation, governed by a board and CEO, builds on provincial strengths in health, environment, energy, food, fibre and emerging technologies to produce results that contribute to the province’s health, social and economic future. The strengthened research base under Alberta Innovates accelerates innovation for outcomes that benefit all of us, including improved patient care, reduced carbon emissions, support for newer industries – like biorefineries – and development of new technologies. Alberta Innovates delivers the kind of holistic support and leadership that Alberta researchers, entrepreneurs and companies need to thrive in a globally competitive research and innovation context. Services, tools, expertise, partnerships and funding from Alberta Innovates support a broad range of research and innovation activity, from discovery to application, with the focus on accelerating commercial outcomes.

The ASBIRI Program Launched to address pivotal Alberta market priorities, the Alberta Small Business Innovation & Research Initiative (ASBIRI) provides Small and Medium Enterprises (“SME”s) with a new innovation program that will support a stronger economy and enhanced quality of life for Albertans. Funded by the Government of Alberta and delivered by Alberta Innovates, ASBIRI is designed to facilitate technology development project partnerships between End-Users and SME technology suppliers; thereby enabling demand-pull innovation. ASBIRI presents a flexible model that supports collaboration amongst innovators, industry and other funding agencies. For Alberta SMEs, this Program provides funding support, mentorship, and first-client/real-market opportunities for their technologies. For End-users, the Program provides a conduit for identification and investigation of new ideas and mitigates the risk of technology adoption by providing them with the opportunity to evaluate and ideally procure a technology solution that is meaningful to their business. For more information on this program, please visit www.albertainnovates.ca.

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Challenge Overview Oil sands are a mixture of bitumen, clay, sand and water, that when combined form a solid at ambient temperature. Using heavy equipment, oil sands ore is mined and transported to a crushing facility to begin the bitumen extraction process. In a commercial surface mining oil sands plant, the bitumen is extracted using warm water because the solids in the oil sands are hydrophilic.

At the crushing facility, oil sands are subjected to a rotary crusher that fragments the ore into smaller chunks, after which, a stream of hot water (approximately 80 °C) is added to form a slurry. The amount of hot water that is required at this stage depends on the amount of oil sands ore present because the slurry must maintain a specific concentration. The slurry then travels 3-5 km through a hydrotransport pipe that further conditions the slurry for additional steps in the extraction process. During the 3-5 km trip the slurry cools down and a stream of warm water (45°C or greater) is added to maintain the slurry at a suitable temperature for additional steps.

Hot water used in the bitumen extraction process described above is heated using steam that is typically generated from two sources: a boiler and a cogeneration facility. Natural gas is the energy source for both technologies.

Although there are additional heat losses in the system, for the purposes of this Challenge, the efficiency of steam produced from natural gas combustion (in both boilers and cogeneration units) to heat water is approximately 85%.

At oil sands mining operations approximately 20-30% of the heat comes from waste heat, and the balance comes from boiler and/or co-generation. Warm water (45-50 °C) is generated by diluting the hot water stream (approximately 80 °C) with cold recycled water. The starting water temperature ranges from 2 to 25°C for winter and summer respectively.

Cogeneration facilities, boilers and upgraders are typically centralized and are separated from the crushing and extraction facilities. The hot water (approximately 80 °C) is transported via a 3-5 km insulated pipe from the steam generating site to the crushing and extraction facilities. Seasonal variations in the required water temperature for extraction arise due to oil sands ore extracted during the winter months. A higher water temperature is required in winter months.

Finding alternative water heating methods that can replace or supplement conventional hot water production, while materially reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is desired.

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The links below provide more information on oil sands mining and extraction. For an in-depth overview of the oil sands mining process, please see: http://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/oilsands-primary-extraction-gravity-separation-process-bitumen-production/

http://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/oil-sands-surface-mining-ore-preparation-opp-slurry-preparation-plant-spp

http://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/hydrotransport-pipeline-oil-sands-mining-bitumen-production-facility

Other resources include:

http://www.capp.ca/canadian-oil-and-natural-gas/oil-sands/what-are-oil-sands

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/oil-sands/5853

The Challenge Statement

Oil sands mining and extraction processes require commercial scale (1000 – 10,000m3/hr) hot water in the 20-90 °C range. Currently this hot water is produced indirectly through contact with steam produced in natural gas fired boilers, and cogeneration units, as well as waste heat. COSIA is seeking technologies that can generate hot water with reduced GHG emissions, and can replace or supplement conventional hot water production approaches in mining operations.

The successful technologies will:

Be able to scale-up to heat a water flow rate of 1,000 m3/h at minimum, and up to at least 10,000 m3/h or more. Scale up can be achieved by an increase in equipment size, or by additional equipment installed in parallel.

Produce hot water in the 20-90 °C range, with a NET 20 °C increase from the starting temperature. Note that hot water production at temperatures towards the lower end of this range is of interest as it can supplement the existing suite of infrastructure by reducing the boiler and/or co-generation requirements (i.e. boilers/co-generation do not need to deliver all the heating required to reach the desired water temperature);

Be considered for retrofit in existing and new operations The final water temperature must be at MINIMUM 20°C warmer

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The following technologies are considered to be lower priority:

Solar hot water generation (limited days of sunshine, given northern latitudes), unless commercially utilized at scale; and

Deep geothermal heating The following opportunities will not be considered:

Heat integration

Alternate extraction methods including cold water and solvent based

extraction

New natural gas steam production

Water Quality Approximately 5-10% of water that is used in oil sands mining is fresh water (make-up water) from the Athabasca River, which is regulated by the government. Most of the water used in mining operations is reclaimed from previous oil sands extraction cycles. Reclaimed water, however, is incompatible with boilers unless treated; only fresh river water can be used in boilers. Technologies designed for hot water production, therefore, need to be sufficiently robust to handle water quality arising from the mixing of reclaimed and make-up water; this combination is known as process water. Properties and constituents found in process water are described in the table below. Parameter Unit Influent Range Acid extractable organics

mg/L 15-80

Alkalinity mg/L as CaCO3 600-900 Ammonia mg/L 0.0076-30

Arsenic mg/L 0.0033-0.05 BOD5 mg/L 4-320 BTEX mg/L 0.01-5 Cadmium μg/L 0.00006-0.4 Chloride mg/L 500-1000 Chromium mg/L 0.0005-0.04 CODTotal mg/L 175-650 Copper mg/L 0.0001-0.03 DOC mg/L 30-120 Hardness mg/L as CaCO3 40-120

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Lead mg/L 0.0001-0.04 Mercury μg/L 0.0005-0.2 Nickel mg/L 0.005-0.04 O&G mg/L 5-150 PAHs mg/L 0.0004-0.015 pH 7.5-8.8

Phenols mg/L 0.0036-0.0270 Selenium mg/L 0.0009-0.156 Strontium mg/L 0.31-0.8 TDS mg/L 1200-3000 TOC mg/L 40-250 TSS mg/L 20-800 UVt % 12 Vanadium mg/L 0.001-0.05 Zinc mg/L 0.002-0.35 Table 1 Process Water Properties and Constituents Adapted from COSIA Passive Organics Treatment Technology Challenge http://www.cosia.ca/uploads/files/challenges/water/Challenge%20-%20Water%20-%20Passive%20Organics%20Treatment.pdf

The Challenge - Key Performance Indicators In addition to the operating parameters noted above, COSIA is interested in information concerning each proposed technology that relates to the following key performance indicators, where possible. Detailed questions for these are included in the Response template, Appendix 1: 1. GHG emissions reductions, 2. Cost of technology at specific scales/volume of hot water produced, and 3. Technology and business readiness.

1. GHG emissions reductions compared to reference case. GHG emission reductions are to be represented as tonnes/GJ of energy input. Appendix 1 provides a template for calculating emission reductions and can be supported by the reference facility (Appendix 2).

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2. Cost of Technology The following costs parameters should be made explicit in the response template, question number 2.3. Please provide all costs in $Canadian:

a) Equipment costs for the specific water temperature and volume of hot water produced,

b) Cost of consumables, c) Cost of energy use (if consuming power, use 0.65 tCO2e/MWh for grid

intensity) d) Anticipated downtime, e) Transportation to Fort McMurray region, f) Equipment cost (free on board or free alongside ship) (location, e.g. Gulf

Coast), g) Annual maintenance cost h) Sustaining capital (replacements) i) Technology life span j) Regulatory compliance hurdles – please identify any red flags if known, normal

regulatory requirements are acceptable.

3. Technology Readiness Level Technologies in the D3 to D4 levels are of most interest (see Table 2 below). COSIA members are interested in solutions that do not land within the D3 and D4 if the GHG emission reduction and cost reductions justify submitting a response. Please specify time to commercialization. Also, if the proposed technology solution is currently operating in another sector, please note which sector and considerations in adapting it to oil sands mining facilities. Table 2.

4D TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND COMMON LANGUAGE COMPARISON TO TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS (IN BRACKETS)

Stage Basic Description (TRL #) Description Discover

1 Basic principles observed and reported (1)

Lowest level of technology maturation. At this level, scientific research begins to be translated into applied research and development.

Technology concept and/or application formulated (2)

Once basic physical principles are observed, practical applications of those characteristics can be “invented” or identified. Application is still speculative. Experimental proof or detailed analysis to support is conjecture

Design 2 Analytical and Research and development is initiated including studies to

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experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof of concept (3)

set the technology into an appropriate context and to physically validate that the analytical predictions are correct. This includes “proof of concept” validation of the applications of the discovery phase.

Component validation (4) Following successful “proof of concept”, basic technological elements are integrated to establish that the “pieces” will work together to achieve concept-enabling levels of performance. Validation to support the concept that was formulated earlier.

Develop 3

System validation in relevant environment (5)

Increased effort to validate the components. The basic technological elements must be integrated with reasonably realistic supporting elements so that the total applications (component-level, sub-system level, or system-level) can be tested in a somewhat realistic environment.

System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment (6)

A representative model or prototype system would be tested in a relevant environment. At this level, if the only “relevant environment” is the environment of space, then the model/prototype must be demonstrated in space.

Deploy 4

System prototype demonstration in an actual environment (7)

System prototype demonstration in a relevant environment. The prototype should be near or at the scale of the planned operational system with an actual and realistic (e.g. field) system demonstration

Final system test and demonstration (8)

In almost all cases, this level is the end of true “system development” for most technology elements. This might include integration of new technology into an existing system.

True system demonstration (9)

In almost all cases, the end of last “bug fixing” aspects of true “system development”. This might include integration of new technology into an existing system. This TRL does not include planned product improvement of ongoing or reusable systems.

Evaluation of Proposals The weighted evaluation criteria used for selecting innovators for Phase 3 (Challenge Sprint) of this Challenge are:

Performance (50%) GHG emission reductions Capital and operating costs Reliability Other environmental impacts and benefits.

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Technology and Business Readiness (50%)

Demonstration, proof-of-concept, experience, sector fit Delivery time / product readiness Technology Readiness Level (TRL)/D level Modularity/scalability Candidate experience, projects, clients, understanding of the

challenge, business readiness.

If information can be supplied, Secondary Evaluation Criteria include: o Already meets government regulations (provide link in document to regulations) o Safety of technology o Robust and reliable in extreme weather conditions o Can be delivered by road access with river crossings compatible with existing

operations NOTE: Companies that get shortlisted for the Sprint could be required to submit a number of additional documents, including financial statements, and a business plan. These are not required for responding to this Request.

Additional Challenge Context

The Size of the Opportunity (for Innovators) The total funding available for projects supported through this call for proposals is up to $1,200,000 Canadian Dollars (CAD), subject to the discretion of Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre/ARCTIC, Alberta Innovates, and COSIA, and the availability of funds. The Challenge “Sprint” Phase is designed to involve 2 to 5 proponents in advancing proposed solutions. The per project costs can go up or down based on the final number of projects in the sprint. The maximum contribution includes provision for lab space and overheads, marketing, a lab manager, equipment, materials, accelerator mentoring and cash. The winner(s) of the Challenge Sprint will be invited to undertake the next step in the development of the innovation/field trial (or equivalent). The maximum contribution from ARCTIC and COSIA to this phase includes support for a test site, test support, equipment, materials and cash.

Table 3 Potential Funding by Stage and Organization

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Phase Funding Candidate In Kind (minimum)

Phase 3 – Sprint Up to $475,500 $50,000 Phase 4 – Field Trial Up to $725,500 $100,000

Market Applications Total bitumen production from oil sands mines equaled 1,113,000 barrels per day by the end of 2015, and is forecast to increase to over 1.6 million barrels per day by the end of 20171. This production level is roughly equivalent to 5 reference facilities (Appendix 2) at 200,000bbl/day of production. The market demand for alternative hot water production for oil sands mines is large and growing. Other industry sectors that could also benefit from alternative hot water production technologies include water treatment, pulp and paper, other mining sectors etc. Technologies might also be of interest to in situ bitumen production.

SME Resources In kind resources, such as time for a technical person, as well as potentially senior management, are a necessary contribution to participation in ARCTIC.

Leveraging Other Opportunities The ARCTIC program and COSIA do not have restrictions on leveraging other sources of external funding, provided this works with the timelines of the Challenge Sprint. Other financing opportunities could include Export Development Canada, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or others. The ARCTIC program evaluation process could be leveraged to support accessing other investment2. Alberta Innovates ASBIRI fund is restricted to being no more than 75% public sector contributions on a project from all levels of Government.

ARCTIC/COSIA/Alberta Innovates Non-Financial Support COSIA technical experts will be involved in the evaluation process and will be available to the Sprint winners for technical support. Foresight and Alberta Innovates will also provide access to executives in residence and executive business advisors, respectively, on business and commercial support, and exposure to financing experts.

1 http://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/projects/oilsands-mining 2 Western Economic Development, a funder of the ARCTIC program, might have conditions with regards to other federal funding applied to this program. It is the responsibility of the applicant to understand and abide by those restrictions.

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Schedule The following table outlines the anticipated timeline for the Innovator Selection phase. Please refer to the ARCTIC website for updated information. Table 3 – Innovator Selection Schedule

Action By Whom Dates Potential applicants and innovation ecosystem partner program briefing webinar

ARCTIC/COSIA/Alberta Innovates November 23, 2016

Proposal Submitted Proponents December 16, 2016 Shortlisted proponents contacted for presentations

ARCTIC Review Team January 23, 2017

Final Sprint Decisions and Start Sprint (prototype or test, or equivalent)

Proponents and ARCTIC/COSIA/Alberta Innovates

March 7, 2017

Wrap up Sprint, choose Field trial winner

Proponents and ARCTIC/ COSIA/Alberta Innovates

September 7, 2017

The ARCTIC Program Process and Funding Partners This Challenge has been designed and enabled by the ARCTIC Program, which is designed to model a new approach for industry and innovator collaboration. There are four critical phases of activity designed to produce relevant field trials that will validate solutions to resource sector-defined challenges.

Phase 1: Challenge Definition (3 months) - Completed In conjunction with resource sector partners/ARCTIC participants, Foresight will define challenges in order to focus innovators on the most promising market opportunities. Outcomes:

Resource sector consultation events delivered in conjunction with

communications or industry partners.

Definition of resource sector challenges to focus innovators.

Development of a broad community of industry and cleantech innovators.

Phase 2: Innovator Selection Foresight and COSIA are launching this Mining Hot Water Production Challenge and inviting potential solution providers to respond by filling out the attached Response

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Template (Appendix 1). A panel of industry, investors, and selected experts will select 2 to 5 solutions from the pool of innovators that responded to the Challenge for a six to nine month development Sprint.

Phase 3: Challenge (development) Sprint (6 months) This Challenge Sprint will be sponsored by resource sector industry partners and will leverage the Foresight Accelerator and its mentorship program to:

Further advance the development of the proposed solutions through activities that advance the solution – such as developing a prototype or performing a feasibility study of the technology. Latter stage technologies are preferred, but earlier stage will be considered given sufficient operating data; (and)/or

Further advance the development of proposed solutions through testing in a laboratory or other environment. Latter stage technologies are preferred, but earlier stage will be considered given sufficient operating data

Move the companies to a point where they can seek first funding Deliver a focused stream of companies to operate within Foresight/ARCTIC’s

facilities. The ARCTIC program has access to specialized facilities in Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan that can respond to the needs of the selected innovators and solutions, if required. Alternatively, selected solution providers can use their own facilities for the Sprint.

Expected Outcomes: 2 to 5 promising solutions identified and evaluated. 1 technology/solution selected for field trial. 1 industry showcase event delivered with a marketing partner.

Phase 4: Field Trial Preparation (12 months) Following the Challenge Sprint, one solution could be selected for field-testing, or for the next appropriate level of development. The field trial phase will focus on getting the technology field trial-ready, including equipment specification requirements. Foresight will co-ordinate with the industrial partner(s) existing stage-gating process to determine the test parameters the technology must meet to achieve field trial readiness. The process will include quarterly progress reviews with the industry partner to ensure the development remains on track.

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It is expected that solutions tested at the field trial stage would involve volumes of water in the ranges of 10 to 100 m3/hr.

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Appendix 1: Response Template

ONLY NON-CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RESPONSE This response template has two main sections: one that focuses on your technology and the other on your business.

1. Candidate Info Company Contact Information: Fill

out all applicable fields.

Company Representative Contact

Information: Fill out all applicable

fields if different from Applicant.

Legal Name: First Name:

Trade Name: Last Name:

Department/Division: Position:

Street Address: Street Address:

City: City:

Country: Country:

Postal Code: Phone: ( ) -

Phone: ( ) - Postal Code:

Email: Email:

Website (if applicable):

2. Solution and Technology Requirements:

1. Technology is... (Check all that apply) • Strategic

• Scalable

• Ability to create jobs

• Generate revenue through sales

• Attract investment

• Benefit society

• Make a profit

2.1. Overview of solution including where applicable the tool(s), technology(ies)

and innovations to processes, practices or technologies involved.

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2.2. If proposing only a component of an entire solution, indicate remaining

requirements in order to fully address the challenge

2.3. Information on capital and operating costs and all associated assumptions.

(Please provide all costs in Canadian dollars):

a) Equipment costs for the specific water temperature and volume of hot water produced,

b) Cost of consumables, c) Cost of energy use (if consuming power, use 0.65 tCO2e/MWh for grid

intensity) d) Anticipated downtime, e) Transportation to Fort McMurray region, f) Equipment cost (free on board or free alongside ship) (location, e.g. Gulf

Coast), g) Annual maintenance cost h) Sustaining capital (replacements) i) Technology life span j) Regulatory compliance hurdles – please identify any red flags if known,

normal regulatory requirements are acceptable.

2.4. Clear articulation of benefits as they relate to the target outcomes and

benefits for this Challenge including:

o GHG emissions reductions compared to the reference case. GHG

emissions reductions are to be represented as tonnes/GJ of energy

input, calculated by using the reference facility (Appendix 2). Please

use the key reference facility data in the table below to calculate GHG

reductions.

Key reference facility data

Bitumen production (bbl/day) 200,000 Steam requirement for hot water (GJ/day) 48,500 HHV of fuel input (GJ/day) 56,000 CO2e (GHG) emissions (metric tCO2e/day) 4,000

Please list any secondary benefits, or other environmental impacts, such as:

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Water is used in other applications in mining facilities. Whereas the key focus of this Challenge is on hot water production for the ore preparation and/or hydrotransport processes, if potential solutions also impact other warm or hot water uses, secondary benefits should be listed. Please refer to the Mine and Extraction Material Balance and Energy Balance Reference Facility diagrams (Appendix 2) for specific applications.

2.5. Technology Readiness Levels D3 and D4 are of interest in this Challenge.

These and next steps required to advance the solution and/or technology to

the subsequent level should be described.

o Technology Readiness Level (TRL)/D level

o time to commercialization

o delivery time/product readiness

o if the proposed technology is currently operating in another sector,

please note which sector and considerations in adapting it to oil sands

mining facilities

2.6. Potential challenges to implementation at commercial scale including:

o any regulatory compliance hurdles. Please identify any red flags if

known, normal regulatory requirements are acceptable.

2.7. Process, site, infrastructure and analysis considerations – including location

dependent installation costs, data acquisition, data processing, integration

challenges, modularity/scalability, training etc.

2.8. Please provide the following information, if available:

o already meets government regulations (provide link in document to

regulations)

o safety of technology

o robust and reliable in extreme weather conditions

o can be delivered by road access with river crossings compatible with

existing operations

2.9. Any other necessary assumptions

2.10. Any information on independent technical reviews

IP status (list any relevant patents or patent applications by number and jurisdiction) Business Description

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Please answer the following questions, for your business in general, as applicable:

1. Experience of management team

2. Technology Offering (if there are non-technical aspects of your technology offering not covered in the above technical questions that you would like to share)

3. Market Description: (who is your target market, how big is it, etc.)

4. Do you have current customers?

o Yes, paying

o Yes, no revenue

o Commitments to purchase

o None

5. How many T4 salaried employees do you currently have and in which provinces?

6. Will your business create new jobs? How many and how? o Unknown

o Low Paying (<$80,000)

o High Paying ($>80,000)

7. Business Model Description: (core business, pricing strategy, sales strategy, etc.) (Please be prepared to make a business plan and financial statements available upon request).

8. Is your business incorporated?

o Yes

o Incorporation Date:

o Jurisdiction of incorporation:

o No

9. List 2 or 3 specific technical and business goals for the next 12 months:

10. Current annual revenue

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11. Has your company ever applied for funding through IRAP or Alberta

Innovates (AITF, AIHS, AIBio, or AIEES)? o Yes

o No

12. If you answered yes to 11, which funding programs and what were the decisions?

Funding Organization

Program Result $ Amount

13. How much money is invested in your company currently? 14. Who has invested in your company?

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Appendix 2 Mine and Extraction Material and Energy Flow Reference Documents