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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
Topics : Oil Oil and Gas
Mining and processing tar sands
Mining and processing tar sand requires a large amount of water
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Tar sands contain 10-12% bitumen
The oil sands are about 10-12% bitumen and would need to be processed all the way to the final upgrade with natural gas.
Topics : Oil and Gas Oil
Canadian tar sands contain 1.7-2.5 trillion barrels
The remote, boggy landscape contains between 1.7-2.5 trillion barrels of oil, of which an estimated 173 billion can be extracted using expensive, hi-tech filtering technology. Canada's reserves are second only to Saudi Arabia's deposits - Read More
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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?
Tags : heavy oil
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Two major tar sand areas
The two major tar sand areas in the world are: Eastern Alberta, Canada & North of Orinoco river, Venezuela
Topics : Oil and Gas Oil