bitumen

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But Carney's memorandum of understanding with Alberta to advance an initiative that involves piping bitumen to Canada's northwest Pacific coast and building a massive port to accommodate oil tankers has drawn outrage.

From Barron's

Quest captures CO2 produced during the conversion of bitumen into usable crude oil.

From Scientific American

The government expects bitumen royalties to hit C$19.4 billion this year and said non-renewable resource revenues were the main driver of the surplus.

From Reuters

Town elder Harvey Murray, whose cousin was one of those killed, is conflicted over the booze and tourists that he expects to follow bitumen.

From Washington Post

Fort Hills is an open-pit truck and shovel mine, where raw oil sands bitumen is extracted and then upgraded.

From Reuters