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 ...

N-Solv Corporation holds patents for proprietary technology for in situ solvent extraction of bitumen from oil sands. The process uses no water and 85% less energy than Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage ...

ONE of the bleakest scenes of man-made destruction is the strip mining of oil sands in the forests of Alberta, Canada. The sand is permeated with natural bitumen, a type of petroleum with the ...

EDMONTON, Alberta, July 26 (UPI) -- A series of leaks at a Canadian oil company's oil sands operation has called into question the safety of bitumen extracting methods. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

Selective extraction of asphaltenes (SELEX-Asp) technology-a solvent-based physical separation process capable of selectively removing asphaltenes as dry granulates in heavy crude oils and petroleum ...

Over the past decade, production of “unconventional” oil in North America has surged as technological improvements and cost reductions have made these crudes competitive in the North American market.

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. USDOT returned to the Academies in 2014 with a request to form an ad hoc committee to ...