CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Pilot projects in an as-yet undeveloped oilfield could remake Canada's energy map, if producers can successfully wrest a sludgy, tarry substance called bitumen from porous ...

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UC Santa Barbara geochemist David Valentine is among the authors of a new report about accidental spills of diluted bitumen from pipelines. The report was prepared for the National Academies of ...

As of 2015, 36% of total U.S. crude imports come from Canada. Canada is a large exporter of low API grade crude referred to as heavy crude oil, most of which comes from Canada’s bituminous Oil Sands ...

Oil sands projects have long been characterized by high capital requirements and production costs. Even though production costs have drastically decreased over the past two years, most expansion ...

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Korea National Oil Corp., Osum Oil Sands Corp., and Shell Canada Ltd. recently submitted to Alberta environment impact assessment reports concerning planned oil sands projects. KNOC's EIA concerns the ...

US Oil Sands is working with producers in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of northern Alberta to develop new bitumen extraction technology. The Canadian company — which is looking to develop oil sands ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Canada's oil sands companies are perilously close to operating at a loss after six months of plunging crude prices, yet many say they have no plans to cut ...

The oil sands are increasingly seen as a critical strategic component of U.S. and global energy security. World crude oil demand is expected to advance one percent a year, from 85 million barrels a ...

A dark streak of spilled oil in Washington County, Kansas, near the Nebraska border where the Keystone pipeline ruptured last week. The spill in Kansas is now the second-largest spill of tar sands ...