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Fall 2023

Balaberda, Amy-lynne

The petroleum industry is a major economic driver in Canada; however, toxic and persistent contaminants such as Naphthenic Acid Fraction Compounds (NAFCs) and benzene can be generated during upstream and downstream operations. NAFCs are acutely toxic organics which are solubilized and...

Spring 2021

Longley, Hereward

This dissertation examines the first development phase of the Alberta oil sands industry from the 1960s to the early 1990s. It draws on public and private records from archives in Canada and the United States, the results of collaborative research with the Fort McMurray Métis, and oral history...

Fall 2018

Aleksandra Afanasyeva

The energy transition mandated by the Government of Alberta has put wind energy at the center of discussions about transforming the electrical grid, with goals of reducing emissions and taking action on climate change. Based on in-depth interviews with 36 landowners and key informants (government...

Fall 2024

Abdurrahman Thaika, Muhammad

When a well reaches the end of its life cycle, it needs to be abandoned. Leakage issues are being reported in legacy wells and the literature blames cement shrinkage as the main culprit for these leakage issue. Instead of blaming the cement, the isolation capabilities of the entire system need to...

Spring 2021

Phillips, Jordan

Hydraulic fracturing (HF), colloquially known as fracking, is an extremely divisive topic. One of its associated risks is the potential for induced seismicity (IS). Although HF has been around since the 1950s in Alberta, factors affecting public perception of the risks of IS are not fully...

Fall 2021

Knight, Elly C

The culture of ecology is shifting towards collaborative, integrative approaches that use ‘big data’ to solve big problems. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has the potential to play a role in this new paradigm because it uses in-situ autonomous recording units (ARUs) to collect a permanent...