OSRIN Publications

OSRIN published results of the work it funded (Technical Reports) and work that it performed on its own (Staff Reports).  Click here to see how the reports are linked to the research programs and to each other.

The OSRIN reports are housed in the University of Alberta’s Education & Research Archive (ERA) site.  When you click on a link below you will be directed to the ERA page for the specific report; once there click on the Download button in the upper right hand corner of the page.  You can also use the Education & Research Archive link to get access to all of our publications.

OSRIN Staff Reports

 

OSRIN Technical Reports

  • BGC Engineering Inc., 2010.  Oil Sands Tailings Technology Review.  OSRIN Report No. TR-1.  136 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.17555
  • BGC Engineering Inc., 2010.  Review of Reclamation Options for Oil Sands Tailings Substrates.  OSRIN Report No. TR-2.  59 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.17547
  • Chapman, K.J. and S.B. Das, 2010.  Survey of Albertans’ Value Drivers Regarding Oil Sands Development and Reclamation.  OSRIN Report TR-3.  13 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.17584
  • Jones, R.K. and D. Forrest, 2010.  Oil Sands Mining Reclamation Challenge Dialogue – Report and Appendices.  OSRIN Report No. TR-4.  258 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.19092
  • Jones, R.K. and D. Forrest, 2010.  Oil Sands Mining Reclamation Challenge Dialogue – Report.  OSRIN Report No. TR-4A.  18 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.19091
  • James, D.R. and T. Vold, 2010.  Establishing a World Class Public Information and Reporting System for Ecosystems in the Oil Sands Region – Report and Appendices.  OSRIN Report No. TR-5.  189 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.19093
  • James, D.R. and T. Vold, 2010.  Establishing a World Class Public Information and Reporting System for Ecosystems in the Oil Sands Region – Report.  OSRIN Report No. TR-5A.  31 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.19094
  • Lott, E.O. and R.K. Jones, 2010.  Review of Four Major Environmental Effects Monitoring Programs in the Oil Sands Region.  OSRIN Report No. TR-6.  114 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/65.20287
  • Godwalt, C., P. Kotecha and C. Aumann, 2010.  Oil Sands Tailings Management Project.  OSRIN Report No. TR-7.  64 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.22536
  • Welham, C., 2010.  Oil Sands Terrestrial Habitat and Risk Modeling for Disturbance and Reclamation – Phase I Report.  OSRIN Report No.  TR-8.  109 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.22567
  • Schneider, T., 2011.  Accounting for Environmental Liabilities under International Financial Reporting Standards.  OSRIN Report TR-9.  16 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.22741
  • Davies, J. and B. Eaton, 2011.  Community Level Physiological Profiling for Monitoring Oil Sands Impacts.  OSRIN Report No. TR-10.  44 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.22781
  • Hurndall, B.J., N.R. Morgenstern, A. Kupper and J. Sobkowicz, 2011.  Report and Recommendations of the Task Force on Tree and Shrub Planting on Active Oil Sands Tailings Dams.  OSRIN Report No. TR-11.  15 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.22782
  • Gibson, J.J., S.J. Birks, M. Moncur, Y. Yi, K. Tattrie, S. Jasechko, K. Richardson, and P. Eby, 2011.  Isotopic and Geochemical Tracers for Fingerprinting Process-Affected Waters in the Oil Sands Industry: A Pilot Study.  OSRIN Report No. TR-12.  109 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.23000
  • Oil Sands Research and Information Network, 2011.  Equivalent Land Capability Workshop Summary Notes.  OSRIN Report TR-13.  83 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.23385
  • Kindzierski, W., J. Jin and M. Gamal El-Din, 2011.  Plain Language Explanation of Human Health Risk Assessment. OSRIN Report TR-14. 37 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.23487
  • Welham, C. and B. Seely, 2011.  Oil Sands Terrestrial Habitat and Risk Modelling for Disturbance and Reclamation – Phase II Report.  OSRIN Report No. TR-15.  93 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.24547
  • Morton Sr., M., A. Mullick, J. Nelson and W. Thornton, 2011.  Factors to Consider in Estimating Oil Sands Plant Decommissioning Costs.  OSRIN Report No. TR-16.  62 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.24630
  • Paskey, J. and G. Steward, 2012.  The Alberta Oil Sands, Journalists, and Their Sources.  OSRIN Report No. TR-17.  33 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.25266
  • Cruz-Martinez, L. and J.E.G. Smits, 2012.  Potential to Use Animals as Monitors of Ecosystem Health in the Oil Sands Region – July 2013 Update.  OSRIN Report No. TR-18.  59 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.25417
  • Hashisho, Z., C.C. Small and G. Morshed, 2012.  Review of Technologies for the Characterization and Monitoring of VOCs, Reduced Sulphur Compounds and CH4.  OSRIN Report No.  TR-19.  93 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.25522
  • Kindzierski, W., J. Jin and M. Gamal El-Din, 2012.  Review of Health Effects of Naphthenic Acids: Data Gaps and Implications for Understanding Human Health Risk.  OSRIN Report No. TR-20.  43 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.26060
  • Zhao, B., R. Currie and H. Mian, 2012.  Catalogue of Analytical Methods for Naphthenic Acids Related to Oil Sands Operations.  OSRIN Report No. TR-21.  65 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.26792
  • Oil Sands Research and Information Network and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 2012.   Summary of the Oil Sands Groundwater – Surface Water Interactions Workshop.  OSRIN Report No. TR-22.  125 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.26831
  • Valera, E. and C.B. Powter, 2012.  Implications of Changing Environmental Requirements on Oil Sands Royalties.  OSRIN Report No. TR-23.  21 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.27344
  • Dixon, R., M. Maier, A. Sandilya and T. Schneider, 2012.  Qualifying Environmental Trusts as Financial Security for Oil Sands Reclamation Liabilities.  OSRIN Report No.  TR-24.  32 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.28305
  • Creasey, R., 2012.  Professional Judgment in Mineable Oil Sands Reclamation Certification: Workshop Summary.  OSRIN Report No. TR-25.  52 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.28331
  • Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures, 2012.  Investigating a Knowledge Exchange Network for the Reclamation Community.  OSRIN Report No. TR-26.  42 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.28407
  • Dixon, R.J., J. Kenney and A.C. Sandilya, 2012.  Audit Protocol for the Mine Financial Security Program.  OSRIN Report No. TR-27.  27 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.28514
  • Davies, J., B. Eaton and D. Humphries, 2012.  Microcosm Evaluation of Community Level Physiological Profiling in Oil Sands Process Affected Water.  OSRIN Report No. TR-28.  33 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.29322
  • Thibault, B., 2012.  Assessing Corporate Certification as Impetus for Accurate Reporting in Self-Reported Financial Estimates Underlying Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program.  OSRIN Report No. TR-29.  37 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.29361
  • Pyper, M.P., C.B. Powter and T. Vinge, 2013.  Summary of Resiliency of Reclaimed Boreal Forest Landscapes Seminar.  OSRIN Report No. TR-30.  131 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.30360
  • Pyper, M. and T. Vinge, 2013.  A Visual Guide to Handling Woody Materials for Forested Land Reclamation.  OSRIN Report No. TR-31.  10 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.30381
  • Mian, H., N. Fassina, A. Mukherjee, A. Fair and C.B. Powter, 2013.  Summary of 2013 Tailings Technology Development and Commercialization Workshop.  OSRIN Report No. TR-32.  69 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.31012
  • Howlett, M. and J. Craft, 2013.  Application of Federal Legislation to Alberta’s Mineable Oil Sands.  OSRIN Report No. TR-33.  94 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.31627
  • Welham, C., 2013.  Factors Affecting Ecological Resilience of Reclaimed Oil Sands Uplands.  OSRIN Report No. TR-34.  44 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.31714
  • Naeth, M.A., S.R. Wilkinson, D.D. Mackenzie, H.A. Archibald and C.B. Powter, 2013.  Potential of LFH Mineral Soil Mixes for Land Reclamation in Alberta.  OSRIN Report No. TR-35.  64 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.31855
  • Welham, C. and B. Seely, 2013.  Oil Sands Terrestrial Habitat and Risk Modelling for Disturbance and Reclamation: The Impact of Climate Change on Tree Regeneration and Productivity – Phase III Report.  OSRIN Report No. TR-36.  65 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.31900
  • Eaton, B., T. Muhly, J. Fisher and S-L. Chai, 2013.  Potential Impacts of Beaver on Oil Sands Reclamation Success – an Analysis of Available Literature.  OSRIN Report No. TR-37.  65 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.32764
  • Paskey, J., G. Steward and A. Williams, 2013.  The Alberta Oil Sands Then and Now: An Investigation of the Economic, Environmental and Social Discourses Across Four Decades.   OSRIN Report No. TR-38.  108 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.32845
  • Watson, B.M. and G. Putz, 2013.  Preliminary Watershed Hydrology Model for Reclaimed Oil Sands Sites.  OSRIN Report No. TR-39.  193 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.34250
  • Birks, S.J., Y. Yi, S. Cho, J.J. Gibson and R. Hazewinkel, 2013.  Characterizing the Organic Composition of Snow and Surface Water in the Athabasca Region.  OSRIN Report No. TR-40.  62 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.36643
  • De Corby, R.G., 2013.  Development of Silicon-Based Optofluidic Sensors for Oil Sands Environmental Monitoring.  OSRIN Report No. TR-41.  19 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.36936
  • Iqbal, M., T.K. Purkait, J.G.C. Veinot and G.G. Goss, 2013.  Benign-by-Design: Synthesis of Engineered Silicon Nanoparticles and their Application to Oil Sands Water Contaminant Remediation.  OSRIN Report No. TR-42.  30 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.37308
  • Oil Sands Research and Information Network, 2013.  Future of Shrubs in Oil Sands Reclamation Workshop.  OSRIN Report No. TR-43.  71 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.37440
  • Smreciu, A., K. Gould and S. Wood, 2013.  Boreal Plant Species for Reclamation of Athabasca Oil Sands Disturbances – Updated December 2014.  OSRIN Report No. TR-44.    23 pp. plus appendices.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.37533 (note – large file; 419 pp. appendices)
  • Pereira, A.S. and J.W. Martin, 2014.  On-Line Solid Phase Extraction – HPLC – Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry for Screening and Quantifying Targeted and Non-Targeted Analytes in Oil Sands Process-Affected Water and Natural Waters in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region.  OSRIN Report No. TR-45.  33 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.37793
  • Liang, J., F. Tumpa, L.P. Estrada, M. Gamal El-Din and Y. Liu, 2014.  Ozone-Assisted Settling of Diluted Oil Sands Mature Fine Tailings: A Mechanistic Study.  OSRIN Report No. TR-46.  43 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.38226
  • Rochdi, N., J. Zhang, K. Staenz, X. Yang, D. Rolfson, J. Banting, C. King and R. Doherty, 2014.  Monitoring Procedures for Wellsite, In-Situ Oil Sands and Coal Mine Reclamation in Alberta.  OSRIN Report No. TR-47.  156 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.38742
  • Taheriazad, L., C. Portillo-Quintero and G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, 2014.  Application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to Oil Sands Environmental Monitoring.  OSRIN Report No. TR-48. 51  pp. http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.38858
  • Marey, H.S., Z. Hashisho and L. Fu, 2014.  Satellite Remote Sensing of Air Quality in the Oil Sands Region.  OSRIN Report No. TR-49.  104 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.38882
  • Li, C., A. Singh, N. Klamerth, K. McPhedran, P. Chelme-Ayala, M. Belosevic and M. Gamal El-Din, 2014.  Synthesis of Toxicological Behavior of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water Constituents.  OSRIN Report No. TR-50.  101 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.39659
  • Jiang, Y. and Y. Liu, 2014.  Application of Forward Osmosis Membrane Technology for Oil Sands Process-Affected Water Desalination.  OSRIN Report No. TR-51.  27 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.39855
  • Zhu, L., M. Yu, L. Delgado Chávez, A. Ulrich and T. Yu, 2014.  Review of Bioreactor Designs Applicable to Oil Sands Process-Affected Water Treatment.    OSRIN Report No. TR-52.  39 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.39903
  • Oil Sands Research and Information Network, 2014.  Oil Sands Rules, Tools and Capacity: Are we Ready for Upcoming Challenges?  OSRIN Report No. TR-53.  120 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.39985
  • Iqbal, M., T.K. Purkait, M. Aghajamali, L. Hadidi, J.G.C. Veinot, G.G. Goss and M. Gamal El-Din, 2014.  Hybrid Aerogel SiNP Membranes for Photocatalytic Remediation of Oil Sands Process Water.  OSRIN Report No. TR-54.  29 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40004
  • Schoonmaker, A., J-M. Sobze, E. Fraser, E. Marenholtz, A. Smreciu, C.B. Powter and M. Mckenzie, 2014.  Alternative Native Boreal Seed and Plant Delivery Systems for Oil Sands Reclamation.  OSRIN Report No. TR-55.  61 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40099
  • Aguilar, M., E. Glücksman, D. Bass and J.B. Dacks, 2014.  Next Generation Sequencing of Protists as a Measure of Microbial Community in Oil Sands Tailings Ponds: Amplicon Versus Metagenomic Approaches.  OSRIN Report No. TR-56.  24 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40100
  • Alessi, D.S., M.S. Alam and M.C. Kohler, 2014.  Designer Biochar-Coke Mixtures to Remove Naphthenic Acids from Oil Sands Process-Affected Water (OSPW).  OSRIN Report No. TR-57.  38 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40122
  • Oil Sands Research and Information Network, 2014.  Survey of Oil Sands Environmental Management Research and Information Needs.  OSRIN Report No. TR-58.  67 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40128
  • Huang, Q., H. Wang and M.A. Lewis, 2014.  Development of a Toxin-Mediated Predator-Prey Model Applicable to Aquatic Environments in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region.  OSRIN Report No. TR-59.  59 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40140
  • Currie, R., S. Bansal, I. Khan and H. Mian, 2014.  An Investigation of the Methylene Blue Titration Method for Clay Activity of Oil Sands Samples.  OSRIN Report No. TR-60.  50 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40164
  • Welham, C., 2014.  Risk and Uncertainty in Oil Sands Upland Reclamation: Best Management Practices within the Context of Climate Change.  OSRIN Report No. TR-61.  26 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40171
  • Mahdavi, H., H. Mian, S. Hepperle and Z. Burkus, Z. 2014.  Standard Operating Procedures for Analysis of Naphthenic Acids from Oil Sands Process-Affected Water. OSRIN Report No. TR­62.  67 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40181
  • McPhedran, K., M.S. Islam and M. Gamal El-Din, 2014.   Development of a Novel Engineered Bioprocess for Oil Sands Process-Affected Water and Tailings Fines/Bitumen/Water Separation. OSRIN Report No. TR-63.  28 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40190
  • Birks, J., Y. Yi, S. Cho, E. Taylor and J. Gibson, 2014.  Characterizing the Organic Composition of Snow and Surface Water Across the Athabasca Region: Phase 2.  OSRIN Report No. TR-64.  47 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40243
  • Alberta Centre for Reclamation and Restoration Ecology and Oil Sands Research and Information Network, 2014.  Creating a Knowledge Platform for the Reclamation and Restoration Ecology Community: Expanding the OSRIN Model Beyond the Oil Sands.  OSRIN Report No. TR-65.  19 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40323
  • Liang, J., Z. Guo, L. Deng and Y. Liu, 2014.  MFT Consolidation Through Microbial Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation.  OSRIN Report No. TR-66. 31 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40330
  • Eaton, B.R., J.T. Fisher, G.T. McKenna, and J. Pollard. 2014.  An Ecological Framework for Wildlife Habitat Design for Oil Sands Mine Reclamation.  OSRIN Report No. TR-67.  83 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40338
  • Hopkins, D, K. Wall and C. Wilson, 2014.  Measured Concentrations of Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Plants, Berries and Soil Located North of Fort McMurray, Alberta.  OSRIN Report No. TR-68.  134 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40339
  • Richardson, E., G. Walker, G. MacIntyre,  S. Quideau, J.B. Dacks and S. Adl, 2014.  Next-Generation Sequencing of Protists as a Measure of the Microbial Community in Oil Sand-Associated Soils.  OSRIN Report No. TR-69.  26 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40343
  • Christensen-Dalsgaard, K.K., R.N. Sinnatamby and M. Poesch, 2014.  Metrics for Assessing Fisheries Productivity and Offsetting Strategies under Canada’s New Fisheries Act.  OSRIN Report No.  TR-70.  58 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40345
  • Mackenzie, M.D., S. Hofstetter, I. Hatam and B. Lanoil, 2014.  Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization and Microbial Succession in Oil Sands Reclamation Soils Amended with Pyrogenic Carbon.  OSRIN Report No. TR-71.  29 pp.  http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.40354

 

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