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Enhanced Oil Recovery for Offshore

The creation of a new research facility in St. John's will increase provincial offshore oil recovery. More than $3 million will go towards the creation of a state-of-the-art oil recovery research facility at Memorial University's St. John's campus. The Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, along with Hibernia Management Development Company, are contributing the $1.6 and 1.7 million respectively. Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Dr. Gary F. Naterer says the facility, unlike anything the province has ever seen, will enable experimental investigations and give researchers the opportunity to measure oil properties.



He says the province doesn't have any kind of facility like this that allows researchers to test reservoir conditions in a laboratory environment.

Naterer says the province is in a great position to compete in global markets.




He says with the development of this project the province is quickly becoming world leaders.

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