2012
Executive Summary
The work undertaken during fiscal year 2011-12 has resulted in several notable enhancements to the OGExplorer web tool. Expansion of the relational database structure has provided for the inclusion of additional information regarding R&D projects and virtual imaging of facilities, all of which has the potential to be easily accessed for any given facility type depicted in the flow diagrams which make up the OGExplorer interface. This will greatly enhance the ability to easily store and access information about government of Canada led or supported activities related to the energy or environmental challenges at specific facility types and will enable the user to visually understand the breadth of energy and environmental research being undertaken in Canada. Additionally, a highly efficient search function has been developed and incorporated into the OGExplorer tool, which allows users to identify a specific area or subject of interest and results in OGExplorer providing a list of interactive links to all data related to the search criteria within the OGExplorer database. Finally, a virtual facility visualization platform has been created with high resolution digital photographs to depict a typical gas processing facility and serves as a demonstration for project stakeholders to determine if this utility should be considered for all facilities depicted in OGExplorer, as a possible component of subsequent development activities.