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| type = [[Public company|Public]]

| traded_as = {{Tsxv|WEE}}<br />{{OTC Expert|WFTSF}}

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| foundation = {{Start date|1997}} by Brett Davidson

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The company's '''Powerwave''' technology has been put to use in more than 175 well applications throughout North America, including applications in California, Oklahoma, and Alberta.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

The company is headquartered in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]] , and has offices in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], and [[Cambridge, Ontario]]. The company also has offices in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]] and [[Raleigh, North Carolina]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

== History ==

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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Power Pulse Good Vibrations.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Early prototype of the Premier Pulse Tool.]] -->=== Powerwave ===

In the energy sector, Wavefront Technology Solutions Inc. has trademarked the Power Pulse Technology as '''Powerwave''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=United StateStates Patent and Trademark Office case 77076902 |url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77076902}}</ref> which is primarily focused on [[Enhanced oil recovery|secondary oil recovery]]. Powerwave utilizes this technology to improve the flow of water through [[geological]] materials, including [[sedimentary]] soils and fractured rock. These materials are composed of a solid [[Matrix (geology)|matrix]] and pore structure, which contain fluids such as gas and oil.<ref name="Shudder">[http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=2828&year=2008 A Shudder in the Oilpatch]</ref>

The Powerwave tool generates a fluid [[displacement (fluid)|displacement]] wave in the [[porous]] media akin to [[Capillary wave|ripples]] from a stone thrown in a pond. These ripples generate high liquid [[accelerations]] in the pores facing liquids out or treatment fluids in.<ref name=DeepWave>[http://www.halliburton.com/public/pe/contents/Data_Sheets/web/H/H04531.pdf H04531 DeepWave SDS]</ref>

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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Power Pulse Tool2.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Premier Pulse Tool in 1998]] -->

In the environmental sector, Wavefront Technology Solutions Inc. has trademarked the Power Pulse Technology as '''Primawave'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United StateStates Patent and Trademark Office case 77076918 |url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77076918}}</ref> Primawave is used largely in the United States. It is licensed to service providers to use the process in conjunction with established methods to treat and eliminate hazardous chemicals from contaminated groundwater.<ref name=Primawave>[http://onthewavefront.com/environmental-groundwater-remediation.html Primawave Article ]</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=March 2024}}

==See also==