Klean Industries is making a strategic move into the Alberta oil patch, bringing advanced waste-to-energy and circular economy solutions to one of North America’s most dynamic energy regions. As the oil and gas industry faces increasing environmental and regulatory challenges, Klean’s sustainable technologies offer low-carbon alternatives that enhance efficiency, reduce emissions, and create value from industrial waste. This expansion aligns with Alberta’s transition toward cleaner energy solutions while supporting responsible resource recovery and net-zero goals.

Vancouver, Canada—Klean Industries Inc. (“Klean”) announces plans to become a major participant in Alberta’s Oil Sands. The Company is aggressively seeking partners with proven oil sand sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan. We are moving forward with plans to establish a plant soon. 

There’s an oil boom going on right now, but it’s not in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait; it’s 600 miles north of Montana. The oilmen up there aren’t digging holes in the sand and hoping for a spout. They’re digging up dirt — dirt that is saturated with oil. They’re called oil sands, and if you’ve never heard of them, you’re in for a big surprise because the reserves are so vast in the province of Alberta that they will help solve America’s energy needs for the next century. 

Alberta has 175 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, second only to Saudi Arabia’s 260 billion. Alberta’s oilsands deposits are Canada’s largest source of oil, with reserves estimated at between 1.7 trillion and 2.5 trillion barrels. The estimate of how many more barrels of oil are buried deeper underground is staggering. 

Oil sands are deposits of bitumen, a heavy black viscous oil that must be rigorously treated to convert it into upgraded crude oil before refineries can use it to produce gasoline and diesel fuels. While conventional crude oil flows naturally or is pumped from the ground, oil sands must be mined or recovered in situ—meaning ‘in place.’ Oil sands recovery processes include extraction and separation systems to remove the bitumen from sand and water. 

Klean Industries’ proven hydrocarbon resource recovery system perfectly matches the oil patch! The innovative cyclone technology strips the hydrocarbons from the bitumen, leaving a completely “Klean” sand as the residual, with no tailings whatsoever. Within a few years, the oil sands are likely to become the most important oil reserve in the United States. This year, Canada became the largest oil exporter to the US and took the spot from Saudi Arabia. 

Massive, tarlike deposits in Canada and Venezuela will be critical over the next 50 years. Tar sand production is now 1 million barrels a day and is projected to increase fivefold by 2030, about half of Saudi Arabia’s current output and less than 5 percent of world production in 2030. Still, by 2030, the tar sands may meet 16 percent of North American demand, providing a secure and significant source of oil for Canada and the United States, energy analysts say. “The oil sands are well positioned to provide a sustainable bridge between nonrenewable fossil fuels and cleaner energy options for the future,” says the Alberta Chamber of Resources report. U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman spoke recently of expanding refining capacity to handle heavier crude oil. President Bush offered to put refineries on military bases.

Using the Klean technology, very little water is required during the process, unlike traditional systems currently in production, which use high-pressure steam injected underground to separate the valuable oily bitumen from the sand, consuming huge amounts of water. Traditional systems are energy intensive, as the equivalent of one barrel of oil is needed to process three barrels of synthetic crude. Production of conventional oil requires much less energy. Hydrogen is later added to turn it into synthetic crude.

Developing tar sands also raises serious environmental concerns. Traditionally, it takes two tons of mined sand to produce one barrel of synthetic crude, leaving lots of waste sand, but not with the Klean Industries system. Because of the energy-intensive production, oil sands are significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions, but using the Klean technology drastically reduces these emissions. 

A recent Senate bill on oil shale highlights the growing importance of nonconventional production. The bill defines oil as a strategic hydrocarbon resource, as well as oil shale, tar sands, and coal- and gas-derived liquids.

Whether nonconventional oil can provide a smoother passage to the future depends heavily on when world oil production starts its expected decline. The International Energy Agency forecasts that production could peak between 2013 and 2037 and about 2030. With the early scenario, the nonconventional output would shoot to 37 million barrels a day by 2030, the agency says, as higher prices make more production practical.

This would be nearly a third of all world oil production and make up “for part of the sharp decline in conventional production,” the agency says in its 2004 World Energy Outlook.

If you have an oil sands project or property, you would like to develop using the latest in (BAT) technologies. 

Drive Sustainability in Oil & Gas with Klean Industries

Transform the Alberta Oil Patch with Sustainable Waste-to-Energy Solutions!

The oil and gas industry is evolving, and Klean Industries is at the forefront of the transition, bringing circular economy technologies, carbon reduction strategies, and waste-to-energy innovations to Alberta’s oil patch.

Why Choose Klean Industries for Sustainable Oil & Gas Solutions?

✅ Advanced Waste-to-Energy Technology: Turning industrial waste into renewable energy and valuable resources.
✅ Carbon Reduction & ESG Compliance: Supporting net-zero goals in Alberta’s energy sector.
✅ Scalable & Cost-Effective Solutions: Enhancing efficiency and sustainability for oil field operations.
✅ Trusted by Industry Leaders: Collaborating with energy firms to drive responsible resource recovery.

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