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![]() Oil SandsOil sands (also called tar sands) are a combination of clay, sand, water and bitumen (a heavy, black, viscous oil). They can be mined and processed to extract the oil-rich bitumen, which is then refined into oil. The bitumen in oil sands cannot be pumped from the ground in its natural state; instead oil sand deposits are mined, usually using strip mining or open pit techniques, or the oil is extracted by underground heating with additional upgrading. Oil sands are mined and processed to generate oil similar to oil pumped from conventional oil wells, but extracting oil from tar sands is more complex than conventional oil recovery.
Much of the world's oil (more than 2 trillion barrels) is in the form of oil sands, although it is not all recoverable. While they are found in many places worldwide, the largest deposits are found in Canada and Venezuela, and much of the rest is found in various countries in the Middle East. In the U.S., resources are primarily concentrated in eastern Utah, where the in-place oil sands oil resources are estimated at 12 billion to 19 billion barrels. (Source: EIS / Photo: Flickr) Articles about Oil SandsMon, Feb 06 2012 at 11:06 PM EST According to the GOP's favorite media mouthpiece, the Keystone XL pipeline would have created thousands, no- tens of thousands, no- hundreds of thousands, wait- I mean to say millions of jobs! Sun, Jan 29 2012 at 12:42 PM EST If the highway legislation is not an option, then Republicans will attach Keystone approval to legislation aimed at extending payroll tax cuts for workers.Sun, Jan 22 2012 at 12:44 PM EST Speaker John Boehner said that Republicans may use an upcoming payroll tax cut bill to force Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.Thu, Jan 19 2012 at 10:42 AM EST The Obama administration's move won't necessarily kill the controversial oil pipeline, but it has still drawn strong reactions from both sides of the debate.Wed, Jan 18 2012 at 9:04 PM EST Ranchers celebrated Obama's rejection of the proposed Keystone pipeline as a hardfought victory for the state's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.Wed, Jan 18 2012 at 4:07 PM EST Congressional Republican argue that the pipeline would create desperately needed jobs for the American economy.Wed, Jan 18 2012 at 3:45 PM EST Rebuilding overpasses, scheduling transports and environmental concerns factor into the decisions of transporting equipment and oil through Montana.Wed, Jan 18 2012 at 12:53 PM EST The State Department has denied the proposed oil pipeline from Canada, heading off a congressionally mandated deadline of Feb. 21.Thu, Dec 15 2011 at 10:14 PM EST The state gave final approval to the controversial pipeline, even though the project still faces obstacles with the federal government and Nebraska.Mon, Dec 12 2011 at 7:59 PM EST The State Department warned that a Republican plan to fast track the pipeline decision would violate environmental laws and force it to withhold approval.
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