Keyano College in Fort McMurray Alberta is building the Oilsands Technology & Research Centre, the first phase is the Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Laboratory a $22 million project that will begin in 2012.

3. $22 million state-of-the-art Lab will provide steam time for 4th
laboratory and classroom facilities and 3rd class power engineers.
Will feature a power and H-VAC Enables new programming in:
plant. instrumentation, fluid
mechanics, pneumatics and building

4. Operators (Steam/Non-Steam) needed in Alberta 2010-2020
Total:
3000 5500
2500 2800
Total: 2700
2000 Alberta (non
2550
oilsands)
1500 1700
Oilsands
1000
850
500 Source: The Decade Ahead:
Labour Market Projections &
Analysis for Canada’s Oil &
Gas Industry to 2020 -
0 Petroleum Human Resources
Council of Canada (March
2011)
Low Scenario Growth Scenario

5. 500
468
400
300
200 Steam Time
165 Blocks
100
0
Current Expected
Currently Keyano instructs 165 students per year in power engineering and
process operations co-op programs.
The new lab will increase our instructional capacity to 468 steam time blocks
per year.

7. Classrooms have direct
visibility into the laboratories.
Steam turbine
generators, high pressure
boilers and turbine steam
condensers are aligned as in
an actual oils sands facility.

8. Locally trained graduates are more likely to stay, work and live in the
oilsands region.
The Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Laboratory will provide
our industry partners with access to skilled employees with a solid
understanding of oilsands operations - without the added costs of
outside recruitment.

11. Lead Sponsor

12. Groundbreaking Ceremony: June 1st, 2012
Expected completion: Late Fall 2013
First intake of new students: January 2014