The Economics of Canadian Oil Sands [PDF]
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2018 We analyze the status of Canadian oil sands and examine future prospects. Our analysis suggests sustained activity in the sector in the medium- to long-term even with challenging changes in the surrounding economic and policy circumstances (in particular low oil prices and a redoubled commitment to more aggressive climate policies by Canada’s ...
Heyes, Anthony +2 more
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Characterization of trace gases measured over Alberta oil sands mining operations: 76 speciated C2–C10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO2, CH4, CO, NO, NO2, NOy, O3 and SO2 [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2010 Oil sands comprise 30% of the world's oil reserves and the crude oil reserves in Canada's oil sands deposits are second only to Saudi Arabia. The extraction and processing of oil sands is much more challenging than for light sweet crude oils because of ...
I. J. Simpson +12 more
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Exploration and production practice of oil sands in Fengcheng oilfield of Junggar Basin, China
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2020 Oil sands are characterized by shallow burial and extremely high viscosity, whose exploration technologies and production methods are quite different from that of conventional oil and gas.
Wenhua Huang +6 more
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Metabolomic Analysis of Hexagenid Mayflies Exposed to Sublethal Concentrations of Naphthenic Acid
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 The oil sands region in northeastern Alberta, Canada contain approximately 165 billion barrels of oil making it the third largest oil reserves in the world.
Sarah M. Pomfret +3 more
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REFRAMING THE CANADIAN OIL SANDS [PDF]
Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies, 2012 “Reframing the Canadian Oil Sands” is a collaborative exchange between photographer Andriko Lozowy and cultural geographer Merle Patchett that engages photography and photographic theory to evoke a more critical and politically meaningful visual engagement with the world’s largest capital oil project.
Patchett, Merle M, Lozowy, A
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Conflict, Constituent Power and Institutional Legitimacy in the Canadian Oil Sands
Utrecht Law Review, 2023 Much has been written about the loss of trust and issues concerning ‘social license to operate’ (SLO) in relation to the Canadian oil sands, raising questions about whether there is a crisis of legitimacy.
Asmaa Khadim
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Energy Return on Investment of Canadian Oil Sands Extraction from 2009 to 2015
Energies, 2017 Oil sands, as unconventional oil, are so essential to both Canada and the world that special attention should be paid to their extraction status, especially their energy efficiency.
Ke Wang +4 more
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Numerical investigation of the hydraulic fracturing mechanisms in oil sands
Underground Space, 2021 This paper presents a numerical investigation of hydraulic fracturing in oil sands during cold water injection by considering the aspects of both geomechanics and reservoir fluid flow.
Siavash Taghipoor +5 more
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Water and environmental management in oil sands regions
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2022 Study region: Oil sands regions worldwide with emphasis on rapidly developing areas of western Canada. Study focus: This article introduces scientific contributions to the special issue paper collection focusing on water and environmental management in ...
J.J. Gibson, D.L. Peters
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Structural Study and Upgrading of Kazakhstan Oil Sands
Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 2015 In the paper separation methods of organic part from oil sands were investigated at experimentally. For the determination of organic part (liquid fraction) of oil sands the extraction methods was used in Soxhlet apparatus by solvent.
Ye. Tileuberdi +3 more
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