Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "tar sands"
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Development of a predictive model for the VAPEX process.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)Heavy oil in-situ recovery in Canada is largely achieved through energy intensive and en- vironmentally detrimental steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). By exchanging steam for a vapour solvent, it has been shown ... -
Mass Transfer Mechanisms during the Solvent Recovery of Heavy Oil
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-18)Canada has the second largest proven oil reserves next to Saudi Arabia which is mostly located in Alberta and Saskatchewan but is unconventional heavy oil and bitumen. The tar sands are found at the surface and are mined, ... -
NO MAN'S LAND: deconstructing the company camp in Canada's Oil Sands
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-08)For nearly fifty years, commercial development in the Canadian Oil Sands has been the generator of a population explosion in northern Alberta. Oil sector workers seeking stable employment and high wages have been drawn ...