Oil sands projects have long been characterized by high capital requirements and production costs. Even though production costs have drastically decreased over the past two years, most expansion ...

FORT CHIPEWYAN, Canada -- In the Cree language, the word "athabasca" means "a place where grass is everywhere." Here in Alberta, the Athabasca River slices through forests of spruce and birch before ...

CALGARY, AB, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oil sands production rose by less than 1% in 2024 even as total production grew, according to a new analysis ...

Oil sands are naturally occurring geologic formations that contain sand, clay, water and a tar-like material called bitumen, which at about 50 degrees and colder is as solid as a hockey puck. Firms ...

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - U.S. regulators should weigh the environmental impact of oil sands extraction in Canada before granting permits for pipelines that will carry the rising flood of Canadian ...

Sky Quarry Inc. has submitted a Waste Management Recycling Permit application to Utah regulators for its PR Spring site, aiming to establish a facility for combined oil sands extraction and waste ...

Expect more insurers to stop covering Canadian oil sands infrastructure and pipeline projects, an environmental advocate suggests. “We have seen a lot of insurance companies, over the last four or ...

For the past four years the RMWB has been in talks with the provincial government about acquiring the land on the east side of the Clearwater River for its proposed urban development sub-region to ...

These representatives called the President’s attention to the environmental devastation that would result from this pipeline, including the damage that would occur before the oil even reached the ...

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Environmentalists aim to hitch their stars to James Cameron's "Avatar" by trying to draw parallels between the sci-fi blockbuster and Canada's oil sands industry ahead of ...