[Ost-news] What the Tar Sands Need

[Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America]

What the Tar Sands Need  
Processing requires massive inputs of water, energy, land, labour  
December 31, 2007  
by Dru Oja Jay

The Dominion - [http://www.dominionpaper.ca][1]

Water

For each barrel of oil produced from the tar sands, between two and 4.5 barrels of water is needed. The water is used in the process of extracting bitumen from the naturally occurring the tar sand. The bitumen is later "upgraded" into synthetic crude oil.

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    [1]: http://www.dominionpaper.ca (http://www.dominionpaper.ca)
    [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/what-tar-sands-need

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