Using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, scientists have learned to noninvasively determine the composition of petroleum bitumen in half an hour in the core itself (sample). The technology ...

N-Solv Corporation holds patents for proprietary technology for in situ solvent extraction of bitumen from oil sands. The process uses no water and 85% less energy than Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage ...

EDMONTON, Alberta, July 26 (UPI) -- A series of leaks at a Canadian oil company's oil sands operation has called into question the safety of bitumen extracting methods. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

ONE of the bleakest scenes of man-made destruction is the strip mining of oil sands in the forests of Alberta, Canada. The sand is permeated with natural bitumen, a type of petroleum with the ...

The big rigs would be up to 162 feet long, 24 feet wide and 30 feet high, and they’d travel through Missoula on Reserve Street from the Port of Lewiston, Idaho, over Highway 12, then on to Alberta via ...

Over the past decade, production of “unconventional” oil in North America has surged as technological improvements and cost reductions have made these crudes competitive in the North American market.

Sky Quarry Inc. has submitted a Waste Management Recycling Permit application to Utah regulators for its PR Spring site, aiming to establish a facility for combined oil sands extraction and waste ...