Process role
Mining/upgrading and thermal in situ have different emissions profiles.
How the system fits together
Efficiency, solvent-assisted recovery, electrification, methane control and carbon-capture work aim to reduce emissions or emissions intensity.
Environmental and reclamation context
Federal reporting and research show that oil sands remain a significant source of Canadian industrial greenhouse-gas emissions, and some measurement studies have identified gaps in older estimates.
What to keep in mind
Progress in intensity or technology should be acknowledged without confusing it with elimination of sector emissions.
High-level industrial education only. Oil sands mines, thermal wells, extraction plants, upgraders and tailings facilities are hazardous regulated operations; this site does not provide operating setpoints, chemical recipes or equipment procedures.