Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has commissioned its new ‘Bitumen production train’, powered by ‘Biturox’ technology from Pörner of Austria. A media statement said that this unit, ...
TORONTO--(Marketwired - Aug 27, 2013) - MCW Energy Group (TSX VENTURE: MCW) (MCW.V) ("MCW"), a Canadian holding company involved in fuel distribution and the creation of oil sands extraction ...
Several waterless extraction methods being piloted that use less energy, produce fewer emissions EDMONTON—Oilsands producers have been under siege for years, with environmentalists, politicians and ...
Using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, scientists have learned to noninvasively determine the composition of petroleum bitumen in half an hour in the core itself (sample). The technology ...
The efficient recovery of bitumen, a highly viscous form of crude oil, poses significant technical and economic challenges. In recent years, researchers have developed advanced experimental techniques ...
In 2016 the government turned its attention to bitumen – also known as asphalt, which is used in road-surfacing – placing the country’s large standalone deposits of the hydrocarbon mixture at the ...
Petro-Canada expects the first phase of the Fort Hills oil sands project in Alberta to have a capital cost of $14.1 billion (Can.) and produce through mining 160,000 b/d of bitumen, which then the ...