Project managers who want to transition into practice areas such as energy should (must?) learn to be conversant in their new practice areas. If for no other reason, they need this familiarity to be able to command the respect of their project team.
In this post we provide a means to learn about the efforts to extract bitumen from beneath the ground in Canada (and elsewhere).
Mainly, this posting is a resource pointing to rich sources of information in which you can get yourself smartened up on the subject, and understand the types of projects taking place.
The basis of the info came from a Public Radio story broadcast today on a show called Marketplace. We suggest you start by going to this site and listening to the broadcast. And, oh, by the way, that’s a great show to listen to as a project manager needs to keep up with the latest and most interesting business trends. As we say in our book – project managers are indeed the “business end” of business ends.
- Here’s a 15-page photo slideshow with captions showing the process.
- Here’s a summary of a new project in Morocco – this also provided the story of how the bitumen will be extracted.
- Here is a well-illustrated and excellent resource, from the World Energy Council, showing where the bitumen is located, the techniques used to extract it.
- Here’s a link which describes Petrobank’s new THAI(TM) technique of extracting bitumen using in-situ combustion.
We’d be interested in hearing from EarthPM readers to know if this type of posting is helpful to you. Please comment directly to this post! Thanks!
