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Oil Sand Fields in Canada Are Leading The Way
The “mining” of Canada oil sands, as well as US oil sands offers significant job opportunities. The Alberta Oil Sands are described by the Canadians as deposits of a semi-solid, thick and sticky crude oil that must be heated so it will flow more easily. Otherwise, it is very thick, somewhat like molasses, when it is cold. It’s similar to what is called extra heavy oil in Venezuela where the oil there flows better due to the heat.
Right now, Canada is the only country that has a large-scale operation in collecting and refining oil from the oil sands. They are leading the way in the technology that will be used by other countries such as Russia, Venezuela, the Republic of the Congo, Tsimiroro (Madagascar) to produce oil from their oil sands as well. Read the rest of this entry »