Oil Sands Trade Show Sets Attendance Record Event organizer, Wes Scott of DMG World Media on traffic levels for ´07 exhibitors and rate of bookings already for an even bigger 2008 Oil Sands Trade Show in Edmonton.

Long Standing Co With New Name & New Drive Monitor Moventas´ Sr. Engineering Technologist, Clay Williams describes the company's new drive monitoring unit for new and used mechanical gear units. Loading, revolutions and temperatures are monitored with mobile or remote alarms plus next maintenance, all saved on a memory card.

Protect Your Equipment – Powder Up The oil sands is among the harshest work environments on earth. One way to protect equipment on site is to powder coat it. Xiom Corp. is at this year's oil sands trade show with what it's calling a revolutionary new powder-coating process. Brett Harris speaks with Xiom's Kevin Schlosser.

Patented HiStops Solve Big Line Problems Team Industrial Services has the world's only high temperature, high pressure HiStops to isolate pipes from ½ to 16", temperatures up to 1200F and pressures to 2600 psig.

Harnessing the Power of Water Omax Corporation manufactures computer-guided water-jet systems that can cut through several inches of hardened metal with incredible precision. Brett Harris speaks with Omax's Steve Ulmer about the technology and its applications in the oil sands.

GET PUMPED Pumps move tons of solids at the oil sands. The big challenge is, they’re subject to severe wear and tear. When it comes to moving thick sludge and abrasive slurries, Supavac thinks it has the solution. A series of next generation pumps with no rotating parts. Brett Harris speaks with Supavac's Bob Spicer.

Williams Clothes Dryers From the Edmonton Oilers to the Calgary Fire department. From NASA to the oilsands. people who work in cold, wet conditions need to dry their boots, gloves and coveralls. Williams Direct Dryers from Langley, BC has the solution.

Ketchum Tags When you need a tag, any kind of tag: pipe identifiers, handicapped parking tags, dog tags for the military, dog and cat license...any kind of tag at all...Ketchum Manufacturing out of Brockville, Ontario is the place to go.

Safer Tools For The Oil Sands The oil sands sector is one of the top markets for the power tool industry. And lately oil sands companies have been demanding a new generation of safer power tools. Brett Harris talks with Dewalt Canada's Paul Huffman about some of the latest developments.

Coming Soon to TheEnergyNews.com: More Maps TheEnergyNews.com has a new relationship with Top Maps. We'll soon be giving you free access to some of Top Maps detailed interactive maps of Alberta. Find out more as Brett Harris speaks to Top Maps VP of Marketing Barry Lazoruk.

Potti Corp. When you're in the car or out in the bush and you really gotta go...who you gonna call...Potti Corp. A new solution for a big problem.

Edmonton's Mayor on Doing Business in Alberta's Capital Edmonton Mayor, Stephen Mandel welcomes the Oil Sands Trade Show and Conference following its move from Fort McMurray and explains the business advantage to expanding in Alberta's capital city.

Cutting Edge Oil Sands Technology Low pressure SAGD, steam injection control, SAGD blowout risk assessment. Those are just some of the fascinating new projects being studied right now by C-FER Technologies, a not-for-profit energy research group. Brett Harris gets the latest from C-FER's Cam Matthews.

Improved Bitumen Extraction With Wet Combustion Generating steam for SAGD extraction requires a lot of heat. Vast Power Systems thinks it's found a way to produce that heat more efficiently and with less environmental impact. Brett Harris speaks with Vast's founder, Gary Ginter.

IBM People Finder IBM is pushing a new technology that lets you keep track of all the people and the equipment on your job-site all the time.

Saskatchewan the New Frontier Oilsands Quest has just launched a new round of drilling at its massive oil sands lease in northern Saskatechewan. Errin Kimball, VP Exploration, speaks with Brett Harris about what their drilling program has turned up so far.

Trade Show Opens to Huge Industry Response Event Director, Wes Scott explains who is at the Oil Sands Trade Show and Why a Move to Edmonton is set to make it the 2nd largest energy industry gathering in Canada.

Fort Hills and Beyond With more than 4 billion barrels of estimated bitumen reserves, the Fort Hills oil sands project is forging ahead. Daryl Wightman, with project partner UTS Energy, gives Brett Harris the latest on his Company's plans for Fort Hills and UTS' other oil sands properties.

Tube-Mac Industries and Pipe Systems North American Sales Manager Mike Barnum talks about non-welded systems and couplings.

Canam Aerospace Helicopter Hauling Robbin Fraser of Canam Aerospace explains how the company's proprietary helicopter hook disperses weight, enabling delivery of almost anything to the field. Prices vary on the job but Canam provides the basics and explains how it has made its product available worldwide.

Is Your Cement Sheath Stressed? With the upswing in sagd and thermal production, producers are putting a lot of heat strain on their well bore casings. If that cement fails, the results could be catastrophic. Brett Harris speaks with Schlumberger Canada's Gunnar Debrujin, who is working on innovative solutions to the problem.

Kick Ass Machines Kick Ass Machines' Operations Manager, John Moores on their CNC Plasma Metal Cutting computerized torch: More affordable for smaller operations.