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Heavy oil, bitumen and energy
By mid 21st century, heavy oil and bitumen (tar sands) could make up more than half of the world's energy supply
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Do tar sands give heavy oils?
This is a question, for which we need to find the answer - do tar sands give heavy oil? what are the properties of the oil given by tar sands?
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Total possible oil reserves
Conventional is about 3.5 trillion bbls (of which 1.1 tr has been used); 1-2 trillion bbls of sand and extra heavy oil; including oil shale, the total long-term potentially recoverable oil reserves base is about 6.5 trillion bbls; if you include coal to oil, then it is about 9 trillion bbls - IEA, 2007
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Heavy Oil problem is high viscosity and sulphur levels
Heavy oil has been slow to develop because of its high viscosity and levels of sulphur, metals and nitrogen, which make it expensive to produce, transport and refine
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Tar Sands in Northern Alberta
Estimates are that there are 300 billion barrels of recoverable oil in tar sands in Alberta. Venezuela is also believed to contain 300 billion barrel of extra heavy oil
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