Temple Mountain Energy Adds Bower to Executive Staff.New Company VP Developed Diablo Mixing & Separation System Technology for Oil Sands Production MINNEAPOLIS -- Temple Mountain Energy (http://www.templemountainenergy.com) has announced the recent addition of David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Bower, developer of the Diablo Mixing & Separation System technology, to the Minneapolis-based company's executive staff. Bower serves as vice president, Technology & Processes for TME See Tivoli Systems Management Software. and is responsible for the company's modular process development and "downstream in-circuit" methods and technology. Bower leads the company's process development team that is directing the start up of TME's 500 barrel-per-day pilot project at its oil sands production site near Vernal, Utah For the Vernal point, see .
Vernal is a city in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,714 at the 2000 census.and by 2004 had been estimated at 7,939. . "We're very fortunate to attract someone of Dave's technical background and innovative process development capability," said Jim Runquist, TME's chairman and chief executive officer. "The Diablo technology that Dave developed and brings to TME is critical to the success of our company's oil sands pilot project and, ultimately, to the commercial development of TME's oil sands production process." A native of Stanton By Bridge (Derbyshire), England, Bower is an engineering polymath pol·y·math n. A person of great or varied learning. [Greek polumath with wide experience in commercial, industrial and environmental research applications encompassing a wide variety of industries. Bower also has more than 15 years of R&D experience in addressing international waste/containment issues. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the Open University and a masters degree in energy and sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . Initially incorporated in the State of Minnesota in 1998, TME is dedicated to the development of innovative technical solutions to offset the United States' growing dependency on foreign sources of energy - primarily the billions of proven barrels of heavy bitumen bitumen (bĭty  `mən) a generic term referring to flammable, brown or black mixtures of tarlike hydrocarbons, derived naturally or by distillation from petroleum. oil lodged in oil sands fields located throughout North America. "Heavy oil, being highly viscous, restricts the flow from the reservoir to well bore and is difficult to bring to the surface using conventional oil production methods, and that's why much of the oil sands are surfaced mined," Bower explained. "TME is combining the Diablo Mixing & Separation System with a second enhanced oil recovery Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) is a generic term for techniques for increasing the amount of oil that can be extracted from an oil field. Using EOR, 30-60 %, or more, of the reservoir's original oil can be extracted [1] compared with 20-40% [2] (EOR EOR - exclusive or ) technology," he added. "Together, they represent 'the process' that TME is developing for the surface mining of oil sands; this results in sand and oil being separated with significant reductions in the viscosity and improved API gravity - or quality -- of the oil." Every aspect of TME's operation is designed to revitalize hydrocarbon assets stranded in sub-surface sands. "This is our core business," Runquist explained. "It allows direct focus on precisely the kind of expertise and outsourcing needed to make such oil sands assets economically successful." |
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