Green Car Congress
MARCH 13, 2012
Researchers at the University of Alberta (Canada) have quantified the transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration. Oil sands mining and reclamation cause massive loss of peatland and stored carbon. —Rooney et al.
Green Car Congress
MAY 21, 2010
Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. times the average for fuel consumed in the United States.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 21, 2009
The US State Department has issued a Presidential Permit to Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to enable construction of the Alberta Clipper pipeline for the transport of crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to US refineries. Petroleum exploration and exploitation, by comparison, has gotten a free pass.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2013
Comparison of proposed Keystone XL route to previously proposed project segment. The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2011
Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 28, 2011
Comparison with fossil fuels. Water is required for crude oil recovery by water flooding, enhanced oil recovery via steam injection, and steam extraction of bitumen from oil sands and during refining of crude oil to produce gasoline. —Mishra and Yeh. and from 0.29 L/VKT, respectively. and from 0.29
Green Car Congress
MAY 21, 2012
By comparison, syngas resulting from conventional gasification cannot be converted to pipeline quality natural gas without further processing. Inherent in the technology is the ability to capture nearly all emissions, including carbon dioxide, which can be sequestered and used for oil production through Enhanced Oil Recovery.
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