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Who What Where When Why How Alberta Oil Sands Who What Where When Why How

What are the Tar Sands of Alberta, really? https://vimeo.com/46387379 Type of “unconventional” petroleum deposit Mixtures of sand, clay and water, saturated with a dense and extremely viscous form of petroleum Know for being very “dirty” oil because of the processes required to extract it

Extraction: How? Types of extraction Surface mining/open pit mining (which represents around 20% of all extraction) Steam assisted gravity drainage (In Situ)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsS9iq0olVI How? (continued) Extraction of oil (In Situ or Steam driven) Transportation to refinery Hot water (fresh water) Bituminous oil mixture + waste Final round of refinement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsS9iq0olVI

Stats Alberta is Canada’s largest producer of: crude oil synthetic crude oil Natural gas 12% of GLOBAL oil reserves (whereas Canada’s population is 0.5% of global population Resource distribution***

Compared to Arabian Gulf

Benefits Alberta has the highest economic growth in Canada 136 000 jobs are related to the tar sands industry 450 000 jobs are projected to be created in the next 25 years Very cheap and easy access to petroleum products Lowest tax in Canada

Negative impacts of the oil industry Fresh water wastage Emission of GHG’s (1/3 of Canada’s emissions) Climate change Deforestation Ecological impacts (habitats and species) Aboriginal impacts

Stop the TarSands Campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaF5 NfCjWHs

Why consider other alternatives? 3-5 barrels of fresh water is needed to produce 1 barrel of synthetic oil This is enough water for 2 million people… per day… 600 million cubic feet of natural gas is needed Enough for 3 million Canadian homes Greenhouse gas emissions Climate change Health factors for nearby residents (ex. Higher rates of cancer) 70% of the product is used by the United States, NOT CANADA

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