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Oilsands firms considering diluent recovery units to boost crude by rail volumes
Calgary, AB — Ongoing pipeline project delays and growth in crude-by-rail capacity from Western Canada are leading some oilsands producers to consider spending billions of dollars to build diluent recovery units. Oilsands bitumen is a thick, sticky oil which must…
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Oilsands crude pellets touted as cure for industry’s bitumen transport ills
Calgary, AB — A new technology that transforms heavy crude oil into pill-sized pellets could cure the oilsands industry’s transportation headaches, according to University of Calgary professor Ian Gates. The newly patented technique creates self-sealing balls of bitumen of various…