Several waterless extraction methods being piloted that use less energy, produce fewer emissions EDMONTON—Oilsands producers have been under siege for years, with environmentalists, politicians and ...

There is not much to see at well A022. On the surface, it looks like any of the hundreds of other wells sunk deep below the boreal forest around Fort McMurray into the oil sands. Pipes run across the ...

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 ...

Solvents are used to increase production and reduce steam-to-oil ratio in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Variations of SAGD that use solvents, such as expanding solvent (ES) SAGD or ...