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 ...

SUNCOR Energy is embarking on a two-year study into the use of radio waves in oil sands operations to extract bitumen from deep underground, writes Tonya Zalinsky. The Canadian oil sands producer said ...

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 ...

THE CANADIAN federal government is set to expand subsidies for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) to include oil ...