Production of Asphalt, Petrochemicals, and Carbon Fibers

This report will detail why Canadian tar sands are undermining migratory bird protections and why the Interior Department should urge the President to pressure ... A Line in the Tar Sands offers a critical analysis of the impact of the tar sands and the challenges opponents face in their efforts to organize effective ... Oct 21, 2011 ... Mining is done either by surface extraction, heating (with natural gas, made cheaper by fracking), or by pumping hot water into the deposit and ... Aug 9, 2017 ... Published as part of a GPUS report on oil pipeline spills. The companies behind four proposed pipelines that would transport oil from Canada's ... Apr 30, 2021 ... Geologist David Hughes calculated that the tar sands retrieved by surface mining has an EROI of about 5:1, and as low as 2.9:1 for tar sands ... Jun 23, 2010 ... Oil extraction from tar sands is polluting, destructive, expensive, and energy intensive. These things are facts. I think suggesting this ... Feb 14, 2020 ... The legislation would close a special tax loophole for oil companies that import or produce tar sands oil. Unlike other forms of oil sent ... Dec 9, 2020 ... Today's plan updates an environmental assessment issued for the tar sands leases in 2013. If approved, the Bureau of Land Management would ... Tar sands (also known as oil sands) are a mixture of mostly sand, clay, water, and a thick, molasses-like substance called bitumen. Bitumen is made of. Extracting tar sands requires the destruction of a giant carbon sink. The Canadian tar sands are a layer of mixed sand, clay, and bitumen (aka asphalt) found 40 ...