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Friday, August 17, 2012

Unlocking more of Canada's Oilsands While Emitting Less Pollution and Using Less Water

Unlocking more of Canada's Oilsands While Emitting Less Pollution and Using Less Water

1. Wall Street Journal - oil companies here are experimenting with technologies that could unlock even more reserves from what is some of the world's heaviest and stickiest petroleum. The new technologies could also drive down the cost of producing oil in Canada.

One consortium aims to get oil flowing to the surface by sending radio waves from huge antennae pushed through wells deep underground—adopting technology first developed for the U.S. government to eavesdrop on underground bunkers.

Another company is working on inserting electrical heating coils into wells to melt the oil, while other firms are tinkering with petroleum-based solvents they hope to pump into wells to get more oil out. http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/08/unlocking-more-of-canadas-oilsands.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29
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