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OCTOBER 21, 2009

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is offering additional opportunities for energy companies to conduct oil shale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Earlier post.) Potential lessees may nominate up to 160 acres for RD&D. Earlier post.) Secretary Salazar.

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Oil Commercial Oil-Sands Wyoming 170

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AUGUST 18, 2013

HPCSS has been used in oil recovery in Alberta for more than 30 years, AER noted. The heat softens the bitumen and the water dilutes and separates the bitumen from the sand. Oil sands' CNRL is using high pressure cyclic steam stimulation (HPCSS) operations (also called “huff and puff”) at Primrose—i.e.,

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2009 Oil-Sands Water Oil 329

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MARCH 5, 2015

Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year, with accompanying disposal costs of about $5 billion per year. Fracking refers to the process of injecting a slurry of water, sand and chemicals into wells to increase the amount of oil and natural gas produced by the well.

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Oil Gas Oil-Sands Water 150

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

In particular, Prentice seeks to shield Alberta’s emissions-intensive oil sands operations from the effects of emission reductions. Canada’s 2009 GHG emissions are 48.7% Canada’s 2009 GHG emissions are 48.7% “It has implications for us. We can’t run away from it.” ” [ 21 ].

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236