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A short piece on ‘Crude by Rail’ – Crude oil, railways, alberta oil sands, Pipelines

By Musabbir Mazhar Canadian Oil Sands located in 3 locations: The Athabasca, Cold Lake and Peace River Oil Sands. The product extracted from oil sands is bitumen which must be converted to Synthetic Crude Oil (SCO) or mixed with a diluent (which is expensive) so it can be transported via pipeline. Generally, bitumen produced In […]

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