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Research Priorities
AERI's has six primary areas of research focus.

Bitumen Upgrading – improve product quality and identify new business opportunities, while reducing environmental impacts, increasing profitability, and lowering capital costs.

Clean Carbon/Coal – demonstrate that the production of electricity and a variety of new products from low value carbons/coals (with virtually no harm to the environment) is technologically and commercially feasible.
 

Improved Recovery – develop key recovery technologies to achieve production and reserves targets for both conventional and unconventional resources while minimizing environmental impacts.

CO2 and Emissions – develop technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy produced, while using the captured carbon dioxide for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery.

Renewable Energy – advance and adapt technology for alternative energy sources like hydrogen, geothermal, and biomass, so they account for a larger portion of the energy mix.

Water Use – support new technology to reduce fresh water use per unit of energy produced.

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