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Oil Sands And Water

, 2010
The oil sands of Northern Alberta contain extensive reservoirs of bitumen. This resource is very important for enhancement of domestic and international energy supplies as well for positive impacts to Canada’s economy. However, development of the oil sands is very controversial because of many issues, both social and environmental.
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Neutral Ground and Naming: The Implications of Tar Sands and Oil Sands for Environmental Debates in Alberta

Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 2016
Lexical choices reflect stances of evaluation and position speakers in relation to each other. With highly controversial issues however, speakers’ terms can index polarized positions, leaving little room for those who wish to indicate a more neutral ...
Keely Kidner
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Behind the Mask: A graphical autobiography of life and labor in the oil sands

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
This article examines the multifaceted realities of the Oil Sands industry in Kate Beaton’s graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (2022). The visual-verbal narrative of Ducks illustrates how the oil sands serve not only as a backdrop but also ...
Roopalakshmi Velu, Rajasekaran V
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Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Supplementation on Responses of Trembling Aspen and White Spruce Seedlings in Reclamation Soils Amended by Non-Segregating Oil Sands Tailings

Soil Systems
Oil sands mining in northeastern Alberta, Canada, has disturbed large areas of the northern boreal forest which must be restored to pre-disturbance levels through reclamation.
Xuehui Sun, Wen-Qing Zhang, Janusz J. Zwiazek   +2 more
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In situ production of Utah oil sands

, 2009
presentationAnalysis of issues relevant to in situ production of Utah oil sands, presented at the 2009 Western U.S.
Deo, Milind D.
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Throwing petrol on a fire: the human and environmental cost of tar sands production

, 2011
In this opinion piece, independent researcher Jennifer Huseman and Senior Lecturer in Human Rights in the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Dr Damien Short, examine Canada’s tar sands oil industry and its effect on indigenous communities.
Short, Damien, Huseman, Jennifer
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Canadian Oil Sands Investments: FOCUS on a Controversial Energy Source

Rising energy demand and prices, particularly for oil, has led to a search for solutions to quell this increase. With the advent of the Oil Sands, we have stumbled upon an opportunity to increase Oil supplies and thus stabilize prices and satisfy demand.
Borchert, Jan Moritz, Palombizio, Ennio A.   +1 more
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Two very different industries: Oil sands in Utah vs. oil sands in Alberta

, 2006
presentationComparison of Utah vs.
van Loben Sels, Page
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Indigenous Rights and Foreign Oil Companies: evidence from the oil sands industry in Alberta

, 2022
reservedThe thesis intends to analyse the presence of foreign oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada, and their potential implication on the rights of Aboriginal people living in the area.
ALESSANDRINI, IRENE
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Subtask 4.4: Effect of oil shale processing on water composition

, 2011
presentationA presentation at the Unconventional Fuels from Oil Shale and Oil Sands Project Review Meeting on March 10-11, 2011. The overall goal is to asses aquifers in the Uinta Basin to determine where saline water (produced along with conventional ...
Tiwari, Pankaj; Deo, Milind
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