The efficient recovery of bitumen, a highly viscous form of crude oil, poses significant technical and economic challenges. In recent years, researchers have developed advanced experimental techniques ...

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.

Petro-Canada expects the first phase of the Fort Hills oil sands project in Alberta to have a capital cost of $14.1 billion (Can.) and produce through mining 160,000 b/d of bitumen, which then the ...