The 1st IASTED International Conference on
Economics of Unconventional Oils
ECON 2011

July 4 – 6, 2011
Calgary, AB, Canada

Past Conference Information

The Economics of Unconventional Oils 2011 conference in Calgary, AB, Canada has ended.

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings are not yet available for purchase, but will be available shortly on the ACTA Press website.

Invited Speakers

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"Oil Sands: Canada’s Energy Advantage"

Don Thompson
The Oil Sands Developers Group, Canada
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"Challenges in Numerical Simulation of Heavy Oil/Oil Sands Reservoirs"

Prof. Zhangxing John Chen
Director, Global Research Initiative on Unconventional Oil and Gas
Professor, Depart. of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
University Of Calgary, Canada
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"Technology Innovation for Greening Oil Sands Production"

Dr. John Zhou
Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions, Canada
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Technical Co-Sponsor

OSDG
The Oil Sands Developers Group (OSDG)

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Scope

The topics of interest covered by ECON 2011 included, but were not limited to:

  • Decision analysis
  • Economic value of unconventional oil
  • Economics of natural and environmental resources
  • Employment and labour income
  • Energy economics and policy
  • Environmental economics
  • Financing
  • Forecasting
  • Geostatistics
  • Government revenues through royalties
  • Historical analysis and future projections
  • Implementing controls
  • Industrial economics
  • Industrial organization
  • Project management
  • Putting water in the cost equation
  • Quality control
  • Real timelines and real costs
  • Resource management
  • Supply chain management
  • The value of risk
  • Vulnerability and threat assessment