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Meet Our Experts: Philip Rees, Chief Security Officer and Facilities Manager

While the latest technologies are the foundation of any security unit, successful operations also require a robust security culture. Safety and security are interconnected—a secure workplace ensures staff safety and keeps operations running smoothly. Learn how SRC is developing a culture of security as it grows.

Community Engagement: Going the Extra Mile

For many companies operating in the mining and energy sectors, community engagement is something they have to do or may want to do. The question is, are you willing to do what it takes to make community engagement more meaningful and valuable for you and your stakeholders? It’s a big question to answer.

Applied Diamond Services

SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services has provided the international diamond industry with dependable kimberlite exploration services for over 25 years, including: Micro diamond extraction...

A Year of Extremes: 2022 Weather Overview for Saskatoon

2022 will be remembered for many reasons. We experienced the world beginning to reopen, but as per usual for Saskatoon, we also experienced record-setting weather. Follow along as we recap the weather Saskatoon experienced throughout 2022.

Going Green at Gunnar Mine and Mill Site

Remediation efforts at the former Gunnar Mine and Mill Site reached a new milestone last spring—with the first stage of revegetation coming to fruition. Learn how this long-abandoned uranium mine and mill has undergone a large environmental transformation over the past decade.

Hydrocarbon and Salt-Impacted Sites

SRC Environmental Analytical Laboratories offers testing and analysis packages for the oil and gas industry, including salinity, total petroleum hydrocarbons, metals in soil and landfill.

Thinking about a career in science? Here’s what some geoscientists and engineers at SRC have to say.

There’s no rule that you must be born with math and science skills to pursue a career in engineering; it’s all about persistence, and a deep desire for learning new things and discovering how they work. We had a chat with a few of our engineers and geoscientists at SRC to learn more about what drew them to their careers. Find out what it's like to live a life of science.

Industrial CT Scanning

SRC has one of the first industrial-type computed-tomography (CT) scanners in Canada designed for petroleum research and development.

Petroleum Testing

SRC offers petroleum testing and analytical services for a wide range of petroleum products, including natural gases, gas condensates and lighter hydrocarbons, middle distillate fuels, heavier crude components, reservoir brines and pipeline fluids.

Physical Modelling

SRC offers sophisticated scaled 3-D physical modelling of complex recovery and displacement mechanisms involved in thermal-solvent vapour extraction (TSVX) processes.

Chemical EOR Evaluation

SRC provides initial screening and feasibility studies to determine if chemical flooding techniques are suitable for your reservoir and if so, which techniques are appropriate.

CO2 EOR Evaluation

SRC offers oil companies fast, cost-effective preliminary assessments of the CO2 flooding potential for their reservoirs. Our expertise in CO2 and chemical EOR evaluation packages for oil industry clients is internationally recognized.

Numerical Modelling

Offering numerical modelling of thermal-solvent vapour extraction (TSVX) processes, SRC provides estimates for expected field oil production rates and recoveries for a particular set of reservoir conditions and solvent/steam injection rates and scenarios.

How the SLOWPOKE-2 reactor paved the way for nuclear research in Canada

SRC’s SLOWPOKE reactor was commissioned in March 1981. The reactor immediately proved to be a great resource for the uranium industry as it provided a rapid method to analyze the thousands of exploration samples that the industry was then producing. Learn more.

SLOWPOKE-2 Research Reactor A Valuable Industry Tool

SRC is home to one of five SLOWPOKE-2 low-power research reactors in the world. SLOWPOKE-2 is used primarily as an analytical tool for commercial analysis and research. Read on to find out what makes this reactor different than other power reactors.

Bakken Breakthrough

There is a lot of oil in the Bakken Formation – estimated to be as much as 16 billion m 3 (100 billion barrels) in Saskatchewan alone – but it is both difficult and expensive to access. SRC’s Enhanced...

Meet Our Experts: Dexu Kong on Sustainable Precious Metal Recovery

Mining practices have evolved with the advent of innovative technologies and new applications. SRC research scientist Dexu Kong, and collaborators from the University of Saskatchewan, researched a new way of recovering gold from secondary sources. Learn more about what they found.

Machining and Fabrication

SRC’s machine shop can machine and fabricate items from a variety of materials to very precise specifications.

Meet Our Experts: Mark, Director of Indigenous Relations

Mark is the Director of Indigenous Relations at SRC and a member of the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan. He is helping SRC make new connections, build trust and maintain relationships with Indigenous communities across the province. Read more about Mark and his work at SRC.