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Greenhouse Gases

We will strive to produce our oil with lower greenhouse gas emissions than other sources of oil. Read More

Land

We will strive to be world leaders in land management, restoring the land and preserving biodiversity of plants and animals.  Read More

Water

We will strive to be world leaders in water management, producing Canadian energy with no adverse impact on water. Read More

Tailings

We will strive to transform tailings from waste into a resource that speeds land and water reclamation. Read More

Delivering Environmental Performance

Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) is an alliance of oil sands producers focused on accelerating the pace of improvement in environmental performance in Canada's oil sands through collaborative action and innovation

Through COSIA, participating companies capture, develop and share the most innovative approaches and best thinking to improve environmental performance in the oil sands, focusing on four Environmental Priority Areas (EPAs) – greenhouse gases, land, water and tailings.

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COSIA in the News

In Canada, oil sands companies are teaming up to try and reduce their environmental impact

Jul 06, 2017

COSIA in the News

$20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE finalists announced; teams ready to test transformative CO2 technologies at Alberta’s carbon conversion centre

Apr 09, 2018

Collaborator

Issue 11 - November 2017

Events
 Project Portfolio

COSIA 2017 Project Portfolio

COSIA Challenges

We’ve identified some of our toughest challenges and we’re scouring the world for innovations to tackle them.

Working Together on New Solutions

“Different companies have different institutional knowledge, different competencies about the same problems. Our challenges are the same.” Dipo Omotoso, Senior Technology Advisor, Tailings & Extractions, Suncor

Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre (ACCTC)

Canada’s oil sands backed $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition one step closer to reimagining CO2