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Business World |
March 2015
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PERM Inc. is a Calgary-based laboratory
that specializes in conducting Special Core
Analysis (SCAL) and Enhanced Oil Recov-
ery (EOR) studies for the oil & gas industry.
Throughout their 20-year history they have
worked with virtually all the major oil com-
panies operating in the Western Canadian
Sedimentary Basin and have also worked on
a variety of reservoirs around the world.
The story of the company began more than
20 years ago, in 1994, when founder, Presi-
dent & CEO Dr. Apostolos Kantzas formed
the lab – which was originally known as the
Tomographic Imaging and Porous Media
Laboratory (TIMP Lab).
Dr. Kantzas is a professor fromtheUniversity
of Calgary, and has a wealth of experience in
leading advanced research of porous media,
primarily dealing with petroleum reservoir
engineering issues. He started PERM on the
University of Calgary campus. In 2012, the
company outgrew the space and moved into
a 25,000 square foot laboratory off-campus
in Calgary Northeast.
Today, PERM is on the cutting edge of oil