Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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.
Pourquoi est-ce important ?
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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Lire correctement les chiffres.
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.
Mines qui le produisent
Toutes les mines →
Athabasca Oil Sands (Mildred Lake / Aurora) →
Suivez-le au fil des frontières
Tous les parcours →Où va réellement un lot de ce matériau — chaque pays, chaque dépositaire, et ce qui est perdu à chaque étape.
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.