Seair Inc. has announced it has been chosen by a major energy-services firm to pursue tailing and remediation projects in the oilsands region.
Seair is partnering with North American Energy Partners Inc. (NAEP) to bid on contracts for the treatment of water waste resulting from oilsands production through NAEP’s Tailings and Environmental Construction division.
This represents an important opportunity for Seair. New Alberta regulations mandate stricter requirements for water remediation. The industry will spend hundreds of millions treating tailings this year alone. Seair’s technology has been proven to treat waste water more cheaply and efficiently than existing methods.
“We believe that teaming up with North American Tailings and Environmental, an established player, will enhance our credibility and our ability to get sales in this big and growing market,” said Harold Kinasewich, Seair CEO.
Warren Borysuk, general manager of NAEP’s Tailings and Environmental Construction division, says, “Seair brings a unique technology that enhances our ability to provide a complete tailings management service to the oilsands industry.”
Seair develops proprietary equipment that diffuses gases into liquids. The introduction of oxygen, ozone or carbon dioxide results in a supersaturated solution, that meets environmental standards and customer needs. Seair’s patented technologies can produce extremely small bubbles which are more efficient than other diffusion technologies. Its technologies are used in a variety of applications in the oil and gas industry. Seair also services customers in such diverse fields as wastewater treatment, pulp and paper, food processing, aquaculture, agriculture/horticulture, sterilization, golf course irrigation and pond treatment and animal enhancement.
North American Energy Partners, through its operating subsidiary, North American Construction Group, is the largest construction and mining contractor in Canada’s oilsands. The company has a 50 year history and has been operating in the oilsands for the past 30 years. It is the only contractor servicing all operational sites. Tailings and Environmental Construction represents a new service offering to be conducted under subsidiary, North American Tailings & Environmental.