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Tag Archives: oil sands
How long will the marriage of fracked oil and tar sands last?
[ Below is a post by Art Berman which I found interesting because I’m concerned about whether enough diesel can be made in the future to keep trucks running. Light tight “fracked” oil is better at making plastics and gasoline … Continue reading
Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged fracked oil, light tight oil, oil sands, tar sands
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House hearing on Canadian oil sands
House 112-128. March 20, 2012. The American Energy Initiative Part 17: A focus on the future of energy technology with an emphasis on Canadian oil sands. U.S. House of Representatives. [ Excerpts from the 203 page transcript ] President Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Tar Sands (Oil Sands), U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged Canada, oil sands, tar sands
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Over and under-cooked oil — tar sands, “fracked” tight oil & gas, oil shale
[ This article discusses why it’s so hard and expensive to extract difficult oils like tar sands, oil shale, and tight “fracked” oil, for reasons such as: These are at the bottom of the resource pyramid, so there may be … Continue reading
Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Oil Shale, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged Canada, fracking, oil sands, oil shale, tar sands, tight oil, Venezuela
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Peak oil sands, low EROI, high debt, limited pipeline and refinery capacity
Peak tar sands, a.k.a. oil sands Techno-opmtimists claim that technology will enable nasty, sour, gunky, expensive, difficult unconventional oil to fill in the gap of declining conventional oil. Conventional oil is declining too quickly for unconventional to match But that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Peak Oil, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged Canada, limits to growth, oil sands, peak oil, tar sand
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New Threat to Oil sand Projects
Newfound Threat to Oilsand Projects Researchers discover ancient salt formation key factor in Alberta steam fracking disasters. By Andrew Nikiforuk, 28 Jul 2014, TheTyee.ca Also See: Next Oil sands Threat: Cracking Caprock A new study suggests that naturally occurring upward flow … Continue reading
Posted in Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged caprock, geohazard, oil sands
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