Sure. There are a number of examples.
Of course we run a large R and D portfolio, and we work very closely with universities, small operators, and large operators from within Canada and around the world.
We have a recent example of one where we've teamed up with a company that provides some equipment for our storage tankage. Our storage tankage can result in vapours coming off and quite a bit of release from oil vapours. We've developed a technology with this company that helps us measure the contents of the tank and the position of some of the equipment. This particular equipment is going to be used across many other organizations in Canada. We think it will flourish broadly.
For those of you not too familiar with the kinds of infrastructure I'm talking about, some of these tanks are about 300 feet in diameter. They're massive vessels that hold hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil. We have hundreds of these sorts of tanks across Canada and the United States. If you measure the total volume of emissions, it's quite impressive. If we can bring the volume down by even a marginal amount, then the value from that becomes huge.
We have many instances like that where we've worked with companies. Our pump systems.... In Saskatchewan when we had a very busy expansion program, we were known as being the number one and the number two users of the most power in Saskatchewan over a period of time. Number one was from the usage of our pumps to power our pipeline system across Saskatchewan. Number two was for the development of pipe steel through EVRAZ. They have a huge plant in Regina. We purchase most of our pipeline steel from EVRAZ.
We look at those initiatives very closely. We look at things like more efficient pump systems and the motors on those pumps. The reduction of electricity required on systems like that have a large effect.
We work with companies like EVRAZ to recycle steel, to find ways to reduce the amount of raw materials that are required.
We could go on and on. We look at the full supply chain of our actions. hat's the effort that's ongoing for us.