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    The Athabasca oil sands, also known as the Athabasca tar sands, are large deposits of oil sands rich in bitumen, a heavy and viscous form of petroleum...
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    way to the Arctic Ocean saw the Athabasca oil sands, and commented, "At about 24 miles from the fork (of the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers) are some...
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    northern terminus of the rail grid. Owing to its proximity to the Athabasca oil sands, the river has seen significant amounts of energy infrastructure...
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  • Corporation owns leases and permits on 1,570,000 acres (6,400 km2) in the Athabasca oil sands, but does not operate any commercial developments. As of June 2010...
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  • Syncrude (category Athabasca oil sands)
    crude oil from oil sands and the largest single source producer in Canada. It is located just outside Fort McMurray in the Athabasca Oil Sands, and has...
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    Bitumen (section Oil sands)
    Alberta has most of the world's reserves of natural bitumen in the Athabasca oil sands, which cover 142,000 square kilometres (55,000 sq mi), an area larger...
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    2007, Marathon acquired Western Oil Sands for $6.6 billion and gained ownership of its 20% stake in the Athabasca oil sands in northern Alberta, Canada and...
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    The Kearl Oil Sands Project is an oil sands mine in the Athabasca Oil Sands region at the Kearl Lake area, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Fort McMurray...
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    to mining. Athabasca oil sands Peace River oil sands Melville Island oil sands Wabasco oil sands List of articles about Canadian tar sands "Canada is...
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    transparent reporting of its land use. Albian Sands on Mining Association of Canada "About Us". The Athabasca Oil Sands Project. 2008. Archived from the original...
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  • Bitumen froth treatment is a process used in the Athabasca oil sands (AOS) bitumen recovery operations to remove fine inorganics—water and mineral particles—from...
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    The Tar Sands Healing Walk was a 14 km annual prayer walk in demonstration against crude oil extraction in the Athabasca tar sands. It began in 2010, starting...
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  • of her experience as a woman from Atlantic Canada working in the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta in order to pay off her student loans. The book is named...
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    Lake oil sands upgrader project is an in situ oil extraction project near Anzac, Alberta, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Fort McMurray in the Athabasca oil sands...
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  • the Athabasca River Peace-Athabasca Delta – of the Peace River, Athabasca River, near Lake Athabasca Athabasca Oil Sandsoil-producing region in Alberta...
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  • promoted the Athabasca oil sands for over forty years, taking photos with descriptive titles such as "Tar Sands and Flowing Asphaltum in the Athabasca District...
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    Peace River. The Peace River oil sands deposits are the smallest in the province. The largest, the Athabasca oil sands, are located to the east. The...
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    Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significant role in...
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    major contaminant in water produced during the extraction of oil from Athabasca oil sands. Naphthenic acids are extracted from petroleum distillates by...
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  • Canadian Natural Resources (category Oil companies of Canada)
    described CNRL as a "Calgary-based oil and gas giant." CNRL owns and operates Horizon Oil Sands and the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) which are about...
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  • concert campaign against the Athabasca oil sands development. In the wake of that the band withdrew from the Oil Sands Monitoring program, which they...
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    Petroleum (redirect from Crude oil)
    portion of the world's total oil exists as unconventional sources, such as bitumen in Athabasca oil sands and extra heavy oil in the Orinoco Belt. While...
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    Suncor Energy (category Bituminous sands of Canada)
    Canadian Oil Sands (a majority-owned subsidiary, which constructed and operated the first commercial plant to develop Canada's Athabasca oil sands and went...
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    in 2017. Athabasca oil sands Cold Lake oil sands Melville Island oil sands Peace River oil sands List of articles about Canadian tar sands Petroleum...
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  • Canadian oil sands may refer to: Athabasca oil sands. Peace River or Cold Lake where other bitumen deposits are located Fort McMurray where the industry...
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    oil, and gas are the dominant industries. Its primary industry is oil and gas, with large heavy oil reserves being exploited at the Athabasca oil sands...
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  • Syncrude operated an oil sands facility and produced crude oil through the mining of oil sands from ore deposits in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta...
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    the fourth-largest oil reserves in the world. The vast Athabasca oil sands and other oil reserves give Canada 13 percent of global oil reserves, constituting...
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    the Athabasca Tribal Council and its members are of Cree, Metis and Dene heritage. The FMFN's traditional lands include portions of the Athabasca oil sands...
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    Wood Buffalo Nation Park of Canada) and is home to oil sand deposits known as the Athabasca oil sands. The Municipality of Wood Buffalo was incorporated...
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