Alberta’s oil sands is the world’s third largest oil reserves, and a huge part of Canada's economy, generating billions annually in government taxes, revenues and royalties, supporting small and medium-sized businesses from coast to coast, and attracting hundreds of thousands of workers from across the country.

But how much do you know about the oil sands?

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:50 Geological formation
1:15 Oil sands reserves
1:41 Deposit geology
2:00 Properties of bitumen
2:42 Getting oil from the oil sands
2:56 Extraction methods - in-situ vs mining
3:09 In-situ extraction
3:57 Surface mining
5:28 Bitumen upgrading
6:42 Production volumes - diluted bitumen vs synthetic crude
7:10 Buyers of oil sands crude - Canada vs USA
8:07 Export pipelines
9:24 Oil prices explained
10:13 GHG emissions from the oil sands
11:31 Outro

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