BioLargo Canada Inc. has entered a strategic partnership with Fort McKay Oil Services, a registered First-Nation company, to form Tũ Nipi Water Solutions Ltd., an Indigenous-led venture in which BioLargo Canada holds a minority stake, to treat oil sands process water and other wastewater in northern Alberta. The partnership is backed by a conditional grant commitment from Emissions Reduction Alberta supporting a CAD $4.6 million project, with commercial trials already underway. Alberta's tailings ponds hold more than 1.4 billion cubic meters of fluid tailings, and the government has accepted recommendations to develop treatment technologies, while federal Bill C-37 aims to set national water standards for First Nation lands. Tũ Nipi and BioLargo Canada have also identified an initial wastewater project for PFAS and odor control technologies. A formal launch event is planned in Fort McMurray in October.
BioLargo Canada forms Tũ Nipi venture with Fort McKay to treat oil sands process water, with commercial trials underway and an initial PFAS/odor project identified
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Fort McKay Oil Services partners to form the Indigenous-led Tũ Nipi water treatment venture, gaining a new business avenue
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New Indigenous-led venture formed to treat oil sands process water, backed by a conditional Emissions Reduction Alberta grant for a CAD $4.6M project
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