Operating hundreds of kilometres of pipelines and many processing facilities—mostly sour gas—with as many as 1,600-plus people living around them, Keyera Corp. spent years searching for the perfect software system to handle emergency responses.

Near the end of traditional secondary recovery waterflooding, 60–70 per cent of the original oil in place is left in the ground, according to Houston, Texas-based Glori Energy Inc., which represents a significant amount of unrealized revenue.

In his two decades with Houston, Texas–headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, Nicholas Olds has seen some of the world’s most demanding, exciting and challenging oil and gas regions. Most recently, he headed up the company’s growth in the Caspian. He’s done stints in Houston, Norway, Dubai and Nigeria.