OSLI Working Groups

Staff from OSLI companies participate on working groups that address a wide range of issues critical to the oil sands industry, and have developed in excess of 50 individual projects with budgets ranging from tens of thousands of dollars (scoping) to several millions of dollars (field test or plant design).

OSLI has four working groups focused on key areas: Land Stewardship, Water Management, Technology Breakthrough, and Sustainable Communities.

Government of Alberta observers from the ministries of Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Resource Development, as well as Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, and Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions, participate in regular working group meetings and, in some cases, are actively involved in fieldwork. Non-OSLI companies have also joined specific working groups and participate in meetings and projects. Husky Energy has joined the Technology Breakthrough Working Group while Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has joined the Water Management Working Group.

OSLI undertakes both development and implementation projects. The companies determine the development projects in which they will be involved. Implementation projects are better defined and require significant funding. As a voluntary organization, all OSLI companies have the option to determine if they will participate in an implementation project as well as the type and level of that participation. If interested, non-OSLI companies may also participate in implementation projects.