¿Qué es?
Sand soaked in oil so thick it will not flow — it has to be mined like ore or heated underground before it can move through a pipe.
¿Por qué importa?
Oil sands are the clearest example of the mining-energy overlap: giant shovels and trucks, ore grades quoted in percent bitumen, and a processing plant at the end.
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Interprete correctamente las cifras.
Quoted in barrels per day of bitumen or of upgraded synthetic crude; the two are different products.
Raw bitumen, diluted bitumen (dilbit), synthetic crude oil.
Minas que lo producen
Todas las minas →
Athabasca Oil Sands (Mildred Lake / Aurora) →
Síguelo a través de las fronteras
Todos los recorridos →Adónde va realmente una partida de este material: cada país, cada custodio y qué queda atrás en cada paso.
Alberta oil sands: mined like ore, refined like oil The only oil in the world that is dug up with a shovel and graded like an orebody. Venezuelan extra-heavy crude to diesel, asphalt and aluminium anodes Oil so thick it will not flow down a pipe, and cannot be refined by most refineries on Earth.