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AER reports recovery of 337,000 gallons of bitumen from surface seeps at CNRL Primrose site; earlier event in 2009

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HPCSS has been used in oil recovery in Alberta for more than 30 years, AER noted. However, there was an earlier, similar event of bitumen upwelling at the Primrose project initially reported in 2009. The heat softens the bitumen and the water dilutes and separates the bitumen from the sand. 2009 incident.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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In particular, Prentice seeks to shield Alberta’s emissions-intensive oil sands operations from the effects of emission reductions. The frequency of extreme weather and climate events is already on the rise in China, and is expected to have “immense impacts on socio-economic development and standards of living.”

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