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Up one levelTesting times for Alberta’s oil sands
This article covers the challenges and impacts of current economic conditions on oil sands projects. © Copyright Petroleum Economist 2008.
Unconventional Oil 2008 - Heavy Oil and Tar Sands Update
This article series provides a comprehensive update on heavy oil and tar sands activity © Hart Energy Publishing, LP.
The Oilsands of the Ancient Hunter
An exploration of the many archeological sites found in the Athabasca oilsands of Alberta, Canada. Oilsands Review September 2006 (c) 2006 JuneWarren Publishing Ltd.
All Eyes on Oilsands - Looking Ahead
A forward looking assessment of the economic and political factors impacting Canada's oilsands industry. Oilsands Review, January 2007 (c) 2007 JuneWarren Publishing Ltd.
The New Heavy-oil Economics
Technology is improving the ability to produce heavy oil, but there is a new economic paradigm: Portfolio managers can no longer consider the upstream separate from downstream operations. © Oil and Gas Investor November 2006 By Jean Paul Chalot
Oil-sands mining and extraction - Hart's E&P special supplement July 2006 - Heavy Oil - unleashing the potential
Oil-sands mine operators raise efficiency and lower the environmental impact.
Lure of the Sands - Petroleum Economist June 2006
Struggling to find secure prospects in politically stable regions, big oil has turned the oil-sands of Alberta into what the New York Times has described as the “epicentre of a new energy-based Canadian economy”, writes WJ Simpson
Oil sands: a shift in focus - Petroleum Economist January 2006
Oil-sands developers are seeing a shift in focus from the economics of production to the urgent need to establish markets, and build pipelines and plants to convert output into synthetic crude, writes WJ Simpson.
The next big thing or a risky gamble: Shell looks to turn sand into oil - Guardian Unlimited June 2006
Canada's energy reserves: It only makes sense if the oil price is high - yet it needs lots of cheap energy
Keys to heavy oil: The importance of planning ahead
Until recently, many producers thought commercial quantities of heayv oil were unique to a handful of large fields in Canada, Venezuela and the United States.
Barrels for the future - GEO ExPro October 2005
Canada’s oil sands are the world’s largest single hydrocarbon resource. The huge volumes of thick, sticky crude oil – bitumen – are now being exploited at an increased pace. Thanks to thriving oil prices and improved technology, production is bound to double and reach two million barrels per day in only a few years time.