Alberta company receives grant for new technology to extract bitumen

The leader of an oilfield technology company hopes a $10-million grant announced Friday will help microwaves replace steam as a key way to extract bitumen from the oilsands. 
“(This) is a potential game-changer for Alberta’s oil industry,” Geoff Clark, chief executive of Acceleware, said Friday following a news conference at C-FER Technologies in southeast Edmonton.
“You have no external water (involved), that’s one benefit. You have far less sur