Robert K. Mugo is the Director, Greenhouse Gas Technologies Development Area with Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA).  COSIA is the technology development arm of Pathways Alliance, a collaboration consisting of Canada’s six largest oil sands producers. Members of the Pathways Alliance recognize that climate change is a critical challenge and are working together – and with governments – on an ambitious multi-phased plan to reduce emissions intensity and deliver the world’s preferred barrel of responsibly produced oil.

As Director of the Greenhouse Gas Technology Development Area, Robert’s key responsibilities include overseeing all strategic and operational activities relevant to the identification, evaluation and management of innovation and technology development activities to drive decarbonization of members’ oil sands assets, both mining and in-situ.  Robert oversees a portfolio of technology development projects which includes Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS), electrification, fuel switching, natural gas decarbonation/hydrogen use, process improvements and energy efficiency. 

Robert has over 25 years of industry and consulting experience, and during his career has provided strategic, management, technical, stakeholder and regulatory expertise to projects in the oil and gas, mining, water supply and manufacturing sectors in north America, Asia and Africa.   He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental chemistry, as well as MSc., and Ph.D., degrees in Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry.