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Tar sand
Swamp-like deposit of a mixture of fine clay, sand, water, and variable amounts of tar-like heavy oil known as bitumen. Bitumen can be extracted from tar sand by heating. It can then be purified and upgraded to synthetic crude oil. See bitumen. (source: EPA) Background from Wikipedia Oil sands, also referred to as tar sands or bituminous sands, are a combination of clay, sand, water, and bitumen. Technically speaking, the bitumen is neither oil nor tar, but a semisolid, degraded form of oil which will not flow toward producing wells under normal conditions, making it difficult and expensive to produce. Oil sands are mined to extract the oil-like bitumen which is upgraded into synthetic crude oil or refined directly into petroleum products by specialized refineries. Conventional oil is extracted by drilling traditional wells into the ground whereas oil sand deposits are mined using strip mining techniques, or persuaded to flow into producing wells by in situ techniques which reduce the bitumen's viscosity with steam and/or solvents. On average bitumen contains 83.2% carbon, 10.4% hydrogen, 0.94% oxygen, 0.36% nitrogen and 4.8% sulphur. Globe and Mail,You can call tar-sand developers anything you want, but "stupid" is one adjective that would never come to mind. Most are incredibly accomplished and Oil Versus Water - Oct 14, 2007 The Dominion,Dene and Cree First Nations people live close to and in the midst of the largest tar sand deposit in the Athabasca River region and oil extraction is Premium Petroleum Corp.: Additional Drilling on Boyne Lake Discovery - Oct 15, 2007 Market Wire (press release)Northern Alberta has been the subject of significant interest over the past years where major tar sand oil and Bitumen have been discovered, TXCO Resources updates current activity - Sep 28, 2007 Oil Online,A two-well, cyclical steam pilot is now in the third production phase testing the extensive tar sand formation. Bottom hole formation temperatures have Tri-Valley Completes Steam Generator Fleet - Oct 17, 2007 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),..."Our Pleasant Valley property in California's Oxnard oilfield has extensive opportunity in the Vaca Tar Sand section which will require high temperature Oil on the slide - Oct 2, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,The main potential escape clauses for peaking conventional oil supply are mining of the vast Canada tar sand deposits, and coal-to-liquids technology. Energy, Oil and Gas - Oct 1, 2007 Nigerian Tribune,The tar sand belt stretching through Edo, Ondo, Ogun and Lagos States have been estimated to contain close to 80billion barrels of synthesisable fuel. THE STOCKPICKERS: Putman Fund Manager Bullish On IBM, Embarq ... - Sep 23, 2007 CNNMoney.comPlus, the company is expanding its refining capacity by 20% over the next three years, likely picking up some benefit as Canadian tar sand oil starts Soaring loonie creates stir - Sep 26, 2007 Merritt Herald,While it makes exports more expensive, major foreign buyers of our tar sand gold are not likely to change their energy purchases any time soon. Texan deal leaves Selway keen to boost Weir Group through further ... - 18 Aug 2007 Sunday Herald,25% of the business and there should also be strong figures from the Middle East and Canada, where oilmen are spending heavily on tar sand projects. No Injuries in Core Blowout of Tri-Valley Pleasant Valley Well - Aug 15, 2007 CNNMoney.comThe Company will apply modern heavy tar sand recovery methods never before used in this area and expects to cause production yields considerably higher than Tri-Valley Featured in Investor Magazine - Aug 10, 2007 CNNMoney.comTri-Valley is also drilling ahead on its first well into California's version of Canada's Athabasca Tar Sands, the Vaca Tar Sand deposit in the Oxnard Tri-Valley Drills First Pleasant Valley Well - Aug 8, 2007 CNNMoney.comThe target is the Upper Vaca Tar Sand, California's version of the Canadian Athabasca tar sands. "Unlike the Canadian tar sands, which typically occur in Tri-Valley Says No Injuries In Core Blowout Of Pleasant Valley ... - Aug 15, 2007 RTT News,The Bakersfield, California-based company has now planned to apply modern heavy tar sand recovery methods never before used in this area and expects to After Peak Oil: Will America Survive? After Peak Oil: Will America ... - Jul 23, 2007 The Daily Scare,It takes sifting through two tons of sand to get one barrel of oil, and it costs about 300% more to refine tar sand oil than the light crude oil coming out Credit Squeeze But No Recession: Stocks Look Attractively Priced - Aug 17, 2007 Seeking Alpha,On the other hand, one refinery after another with access to cheap Canadian tar sand oil is expanding or converting production. Hurricanes usually miss most Target: tarsands - Jul 31, 2007 Edmonton Sun,Sehgal said Greenpeace would like to see an end to tar sand development immediately. But the industry shows no signs of slowing. Bill Robinson: A bubble waiting to burst or stuck on a permanent ... - Jul 21, 2007 Independent,There is more tar sand oil in the Americas than there is conventional oil under the Saudi desert. The sands are attracting attention again for the same Peak phosphorus - Aug 13, 2007 Energy BulletinOther reserves of rock phosphate with lower concentrations of P2O5 do exist, but, just as with tar sand for oil production, they are more costly to exploit The Toxic Career of Indiana's Environmental Commissioner - Aug 1, 2007 CounterPunch,...plans a $3.8 billion expansion of its 117-year-old refinery on the shores of Lake Michigan in order to process heavier Canadian crude oil from tar sand. Tanker size matters - Jul 20, 2007 Victoria News,...received a further setback last week when a Chinese company that had offered to buy 400000 barrels of tar-sand crude per day backed out of the deal. Groups sue to block tar-sand development - Mar 18, 2007 Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and others claim the US Bureau of Land Management had no authority to approve "tar sand" leases on 38000 acres in SUWA sues to stop 'tar sand' oil development - Mar 15, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,Posted: 7:34 AM- SALT LAKE CITY - Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit to stop so-called "tar sand" oil leases on southern Utah's Grand Industry has little interest in tar sands - Mar 14, 2007 Grand Junction Sentinel,EAST TAVAPUTS PLATEAU, Utah — Tar sand is the often ignored silent partner of oil shale. The elephant on the plateau. The small-scale oil bonanza the energy Global Wataire Inc. Announces Memorandum of Understanding With ... - Mar 28, 2007 Business Wire (press release),Sydney Harland, President and Chief Executive Officer of GWI, stated, “Because of American Resource Petroleum Corporation’s superior tar sand oil processing Events in March - Apr 9, 2007 The Dominion,...who linked acute increases in cancer rates in the majority-native population to arsenic and other chemicals dumped by tar sand development in the area. 04 Apr 2007 - United States DION® IMPACT 9102 provides corrosion ... - Apr 4, 2007 JEC Composites,Alberta is home to a significant portion of the world's reserves of "tar sand" oil deposits, also known as "bituminous sands." Conventional oil deposits are KNM to invest RM60m in Canada factory - Mar 22, 2007 Business Times - Malaysia,Canada has large oil reserves, but its oil is in tar sand areas, which makes it expensive to extract compared with offshore wells. Irwin Resources Inc. Signs Definitive Farmout Agreement With the ... - Mar 21, 2007 Primenewswire (press release),Northern Alberta has been the subject of significant interest over the past years where major tar sand oil and Bitumen are being developed, are producing SUWA sues to stop 'tar sand' oil development - 15 Mar 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,Posted: 7:34 AM- SALT LAKE CITY - Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit to stop so-called "tar sand" oil leases on southern Utah's Grand All the world’s extra oil supply is likely to come from expensive ... - Feb 19, 2007 FinFacts Ireland,The bitumen in tar sands cannot be pumped from the ground in its natural state; instead tar sand deposits are mined, usually using strip mining or open pit Kodiak Energy Acquires Leases Near Fort McMurray - Feb 15, 2007 Market Wire (press release)Tar sand plants are major consumers of blending oil, diluents and natural gas. Gas supply pipelines pass across Kodiak's lands. Pothole Patching Underway - Feb 22, 2007 WOWK,One crew traveled over one 100 miles in Kanawha and Lincoln counties and put down about three tons of a tar, sand and gravel mixture. Viewpoint: State of the Union energy statement - Feb 22, 2007 Danvers Herald,We can retort oil shale or tar sand to make synthetic crude oil. We can even recharge batteries for all electric vehicles if we can ever produce a cheap, News release to KUWS - 21 Dec 2006 BusinessNorth.com,The pipeline will increase energy intensive crude oil excavation from the tar sand region in Alberta Canada, increasing production by 400000 barrels per day Eager audience for upgrader proponents - 21 Dec 2006 Redwater Tribune,The Petro-Canada upgrader, to be located east of Gibbons, is expected to be producing by 2011 and its tar sand resource has an expected life of 40 years. Feds withdraw plan on flower - 21 Dec 2006 Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,...its proposal to list as threatened a wildflower that grows only in areas of Utah and Colorado where oil shale and tar sand exploration is being done. Conoco planning for tar sands oil - Nov 30, 2006 Billings Gazette,Although at least two tons of this black tar sand is needed to give up a single barrel of crude, the petroleum-rich tundra crisscrossing hundreds of miles Company destroys sludge from coal tar storage tank - Nov 29, 2006 Globe and Mail,It's the final chapter in the disposal of the hardened mixture of coal tar, sand and gravel from the bottom of the tank, earlier rejected by four waste Every moment a chance to turn it around - Dec 14, 2006 Ventura County Reporter,...“We are running out of atmosphere much faster than fossil fuels,� he said, drawing attention to tar sand mines in Alberta, Canada, that are believed to Suburbia: Running on Empty? - Dec 14, 2006 AlterNet,We are not going to run Wal-Mart, Walt Disney World, and the interstate highway system on hydrogen, coal synfuels, tar sand or oil shale distillates, Pipeline construction set to begin - Dec 13, 2006 Spooner Advocate,146000 barrels of tar sand oil from Alberta, Canada, to refineries in the United States, Washburn County Board Chairman Micheal Bobin said recently. I Will Take Ondo to Greater Heights – Oladunni - Nov 22, 2006 This Day (subscription),...apart from this we have other mineral resources like tar sand, iron ore, silicate sand, dolomite, coal, kaolin, and exotic granite among others. China's Energy Boom: Where Are the Opportunities - Dec 5, 2006 Resource Investor,In addition, the Canadian firm Enbridge is pushing ahead with a plan to build a $2.5 billion pipeline from the tar sand regions closest to Edmonton to IGHL Is on the Move: Company's Processing of Tar Sand Oil Could ... - Sep 28, 2006 Market Wire (press release)...in 1996, BlackStone Energy has developed and patented an ecologically safe, non-toxic and environmentally friendly extraction process of tar sand and heavy oil ... Utah’s Oil Sands: Riches or Ruin? - Sep 28, 2006 New West,...“The state of Utah has about 3 percent of North America’s known and predicted tar sand resources, and that 3 percent figure includes no technically or ... International Oil & Gas Holdings Corporation Acquires BlackStone ... - Sep 27, 2006 Business Wire (press release),...in 1996, BlackStone Energy has developed and patented an ecological safe, non-toxic and environmentally friendly extraction process of tar sand and heavy oil ... For oil, state soon may look to Canada - Sep 21, 2006 Indianapolis Star,Many Indianapolis drivers will burn more gasoline made from Canadian tar sand, a move that might help stabilize pump prices a bit, once London oil giant BP ... How to Invest in Unconventional Energy - Oct 2, 2006 Minyanville.com,The Exploration Company also has one of the most exciting unconventional oil plays I have seen in a long time in its San Miguel Tar Sand Resource. ... A new oil pipeline proposed for Wisconsin - Sep 14, 2006 Wisconsin Radio Network,Enbridge Energy Company wants to pump a thicker crude oil from it's tar sand fields in northeast Alberta, Canada to refineries in Illinois and they want to do ... Netlets for Friday, Sept. 22 - Sep 21, 2006 Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Even if the oil doesn't run completely dry, extracting it from tar sand and bitumen will cost so much that other energy sources will be cheaper and cleaner. ... News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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