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James G. Speight PhD, DSc, in Introduction to Enhanced Recovery Methods for Heavy Oil and Tar Sands (Second Edition), 2016 8.5.3 Other Processes. It is conceivable that the problems related to bitumen mining and bitumen recovery for the tar sand may be alleviated somewhat by the development of process options that require considerably less water in the sand/bitumen separation step.
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1. Change the name from tar sands to oil sands. Even though there's no actual oil in them, you're already that much closer to that sweet Texas Tea. I mean, tar is the reason we don't have ...
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When oil was selling for around $114 per barrel in 2014, Alberta's tar sands producers were confident that production would triple by 2035 (Struzik, 2016). Oil companies like Suncor, Syncrude, Statoil, Imperial Oil, and Royal Dutch Shell invested hundreds of billions of dollars in new technology and projects to ramp up production.
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May 17, 2021Canada's oil and gas sector is the largest and fastest rising source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, accounting for 26% of the total. The tar sands are a key culprit. Between 1990 and 2018, tar sands production increased by 456%. The industry's carbon footprint is greater than New Zealand and Kenya combined.
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This is the outsize (un)importance of the tar sands. It is only and all of 2 per cent. All the more reason to leave as much oil in ground as possible and all the more reason this will be an intensely hard fight that has only begun and requires a broad lens. We are in a vicious circle of material gains and the ideology that reinforce each other.
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Oil Sands: Sand and rock material which contains crude bitumen (a heavy, viscous form of crude oil). Oil sands are found primarily in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta, Canada, and in areas ...
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In their 11th annual review of oil sands supply costs, the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) pegs breakeven costs at $43.31/bbl for SAGD projects (steam-assisted gravity drainage) and $70.08/bbl for a stand-alone mine. The figures exclude blending and transportation costs but include capital expenditures. The higher mining costs stem from higher capital requirements, higher non-fuel ...
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The scope of Canada's tar sands oil extraction has been on the rise for years. It went from producing just over one million barrels per day (b/d) in 2006 to around three million b/d in 2018 - accounting for almost 4% of the world's total daily oil production. 8,9 Most oil producing countries rely on tar sands for only a small part of ...
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In 2010, surface mining accounted for 52% of tar sands extraction. However, 80% of tar sands deposits are accessible only by in situ, whose production rates are expected to surpass mining by 2017.7. Surface Mining Method. Surface mining operations occur when tar sands are located within 100m of the ground surface.
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Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2-equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands ...
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U.S. Oil Sands, which has acquired the rights to produce tar sands at mines on 50 square miles of land between Salt Lake City and Moab, Utah, plans to produce 2,000 barrels of oil per day by the ...
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Canada's oil sands saw $25 billion (Canadian) of investment in 2012, versus $20 billion for conventional oil and gas. Historically most of the investment has originated from Canada, the US and Europe, but investments from Asia have increased substantially in recent years.
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The result surprised me: coal exports look to be an even bigger climate disaster than the pipeline. There are, in fact, quite a bit more direct emissions from burning the coal than from the oil. That's true even when one counts the energy-intensive tar sands extraction and processing—and, of course, there are plenty of upstream emissions ...
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Tar sands, also referred to as oil sands, are a combination of clay, sand, water, and heavy black viscous oil called bitumen. They can be extracted and processed to separate the bitumen, which is upgraded to synthetic crude oil and refined to make asphalt, gasoline, and jet fuel. Because of its thick consistency (which resembles peanut butter ...
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Spinti's 2013 economic assessment for Utah tar-sands development shows that any mine producing 50,000 barrels per day would be unprofitable even when West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil prices are...
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Tar sands (more accurately referred to as oil sands) are defined as a low quality form of oil composed of a mixture of bitumen, sand, clay and water 1. Generally, bitumen is a thick, molasses-like substance 2. For this reason, this oil resource is sometimes referred to as "tar sands," but that term is inaccurate as bitumen and tar (asphalt ...
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Kevin Stone. February 4, 2022. 9. The Capline pipeline, connecting Patoka, Illinois to St. James, Louisiana, is now fully operational, transporting heavy crude oil produced in Canada's tar sands to refiners along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The 632-mile, 40-inch pipeline system historically moved crude from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to Midwestern ...
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tar sand, also called bituminous sand, deposit of loose sand or partially consolidated sandstone that is saturated with highly viscous bitumen. Oil recovered from tar sands is commonly referred to as synthetic crude and is a potentially significant form of fossil fuel. A brief treatment of tar sands follows. For full treatment, see heavy oils and tar sands. Deposits of bitumen, like those of ...
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There are four main mining methods: underground, open surface (pit), placer, and in-situ mining. Underground mines are more expensive and are often used to reach deeper deposits. Surface mines are typically used for more shallow and less valuable deposits. Placer mining is used to sift out valuable metals from sediments in river channels, beach sands, or other environments. In-situ mining ...
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In June, its output was about 8,700 bpd. The Beijing-based company paid $1.9 billion in 2009 for 60 per cent interests in the proposed MacKay River and Dover oilsands projects being developed by ...
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How much does tar sands oil clean-up cost? It costs about 14.5 times as much to clean up a tar sands oil spill than to clean up a conventional oil spill ($29,000 per barrel for tar sands vs. $2,000/barrel for light crude.)xiii The
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With 2007 crude oil prices significantly in excess of the current average cost of production for tar sands of $28 per barrel all of these projects appear likely to be profitable. However, tar sands production costs are rising rapidly, with production cost increases of 55% since 2005, due to shortages of labor and materials.
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One company involved in the Alberta tar sands operation, Syncrude, spends more than $100 million annually on land restoration efforts. Some of the lands which have been reclaimed have been fully certified by the Canadian government. 6. It fits into existing systems.
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East Valley Sand and Gravel, located in Arizona, offers recycled 1 1/4″ asphalt for $10.25 per ton. The 3″ x 0″ crushed asphalt is closer to $8.70 per ton. If purchased by the yard, it was hard to find prices listed online, but we did find two landscape supply companies, with prices in the $10 to $25 per yard price range.
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While it is difficult to say how much oil can be drawn from the porous rock formations found underneath the 140,000 square kilometres that comprise the Alberta oil sands, in situ has been steadily ...
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According to recent estimate s, cleaning up Alberta's oilpatch - including the 90,000 abandoned oil wells, toxic tailing ponds and ageing pipelines - could cost up to $260 billion. How much has the industry committed to this clean up cost? Only $1.6 billion - less than 1% of the overall cost - leaving taxpayers on the hook for the rest of it.
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Two tons of tar sands are required to produce one barrel of oil. This process is more complex and capital-intensive than conventional oil extraction. 1. Bitumen. (Government of Alberta, Canada) There are two primary extraction methods for tar sands: 2. Mining: Open-pit mining is the most common form of tar sands extraction. This method requires ...
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A tar sands mining operation in Alberta (Photo: C. Campbell, Palbina Institute; CC BY 2.0) ... Now, because tar sands, as I mentioned, is a much lower quality version of oil, of crude oil, it sells at a discount, something like $20 to $30 dollars less than conventional crude. ... As you mentioned, the price of oil has dropped. The cost of labor ...
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Sand and gravel mining is a source of revenue for the government in form of mining lease, royalties levied on gross market value per month including mining companies while at the same time ...
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On January 18, 2012, President Barack Obama rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. It would ship up to 590,000 barrels per day of "bitumin," a kind of crude oil, ripped from the tar sands ...
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Earth's orbit around the sun. How much faster are temperatures warming in Alaska compared to the global average? 2X. What is contributing to the Columbia Glacier losing ice mass? Select all that are correct. (4) It is moving faster. It is retreating. It is calving a a faster rate.
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Tar sands mining is the most destructive project on earth. It has shown to be energy intensive. It takes massive amounts of water. Tar sands requires major upgrading and produces a dirty fuel. The mine site continues to remain idle as of 2019 meanwhile the CEOs who live in Canada are making money by not ever going commercial.
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Canada does have some claim to credibility on the climate action front. As early as 2007, Alberta's provincial government instituted a carbon tax on large industrial emitters, which has raised U ...
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This is just one of many hard facts about the Alberta oil sands that go ignored. In early 2021, the production rate stands at around 3.1 million barrels per day, giving the oil sands a lifespan of 145 years. At a projected rate of 10 million barrels per day, that lifespan drops to under 50 years.
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts it will average $49.69 a barrel in 2017 and $50.57 a barrel next year. Slideshow ( 2 images ) There are around half a dozen thermal projects in...
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Tar sands mining and other extreme extraction of fossil fuels harms Indigenous women, children and men. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Utah formed to raise awareness about this issue and to listen to and honor the people who are affected by this issue. ... Estimated Project Cost:* Construction for East Canyon Route: $157 Million ...
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This is especially important because landscape changes caused by currently approved tar sands mining operations will release 11.4 million to 47.3 million metric tons of carbon, ... According to the Pembina Institute, an environmental watchdog and industry consulting service, it would cost more than $15 billion to reclaim these lands.
Get priceFrom 2019 to 2039, it is projected that almost C$126 billion (initial and sustaining) will be invested into mining projects and C$200 billion into in-situ thermal and solvent as well as primary and EOR cold bitumen projects. Upgrading projects see the least amount of capital spent, amounting to C$22 billion.
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Canada's tar sands yield around 1.7 million barrels of oil per day, with projections to reach as high as 6.2 million bpd by 2020. Excavators scrape at the black sand and load it into waiting dumper trucks, as large as houses. These 400-ton dumper trucks can flatten a 4WD without noticing. They rumble over the scarred landscape, driven by school ...
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