Process Technology

Turnkey Outsourcing of Process Development and Improvement

Process development, flowsheet creation and pilot plant testing have been strengths of SGS for 65 years. We have helped generations find practical solutions to complex technological problems, preferring solutions based on tried and true principles and developing innovative approaches when needed.

We have comprehensive industrial expertise and an industry-standard approach with well documented best practices. We also have protocols and practices for equipment and systems maintenance, tool crib operation and detailed health and safety practices including Haz-Op meetings. We have the expertise to help with:

• Primary separation technologies
• Froth treatment
• Bitumen refining
• Tailings management
• Develop technology to control, reduce or abate gaseous emissions such as SO₂
• CO₂ sequestration technologies
• Desalination
• Manage heat loss, water use and residual toxic components including solvents in waste streams
• Operational troubleshooting and plant optimization
• Process modeling and advanced process control
• Distributed control system for automated instrumentation
• Applied research and development at bench and pilot scale
• Pilot plant testing and development
• Demonstration plant testing of technologies