BENIN—THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has urged the Federal Government to halt the planned commencement of bitumen exploitation in the bitumen belt stretching ...
Several waterless extraction methods being piloted that use less energy, produce fewer emissions EDMONTON—Oilsands producers have been under siege for years, with environmentalists, politicians and ...
Using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, scientists have learned to noninvasively determine the composition of petroleum bitumen in half an hour in the core itself (sample). The technology ...
The efficient recovery of bitumen, a highly viscous form of crude oil, poses significant technical and economic challenges. In recent years, researchers have developed advanced experimental techniques ...
InLine Dewatering Ltd.'s research looking to reduce water, energy use during bitumen extraction in oilsands EDMONTON—The federal government is investing $1 million in an Alberta-based project that ...
In 2016 the government turned its attention to bitumen – also known as asphalt, which is used in road-surfacing – placing the country’s large standalone deposits of the hydrocarbon mixture at the ...
ONE of the bleakest scenes of man-made destruction is the strip mining of oil sands in the forests of Alberta, Canada. The sand is permeated with natural bitumen, a type of petroleum with the ...
EDMONTON, Alberta, July 26 (UPI) -- A series of leaks at a Canadian oil company's oil sands operation has called into question the safety of bitumen extracting methods. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
The Opposite of Mining: Tar Sands Steam Extraction Lessens Footprint, but Environmental Costs Remain
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A court injunction has been filed to force a controversial heavy oil extraction facility in the Peace Country to shut down. As CBC News first reported, several families in the area have complained ...
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