Athabasca Tar Sands, Canada:

Higher oil prices and new technology means unconventional oil deposits are now economically viable
The Athabasca deposit in Alberta is estimated to contain between 1.75 and 2 trillion barrels of oil
Tar sands also called bitumen and oil sands, are any bitumen rich sandy deposits
Athabasca in Alberta and Orinico in Venezuela are the two most promising deposits and together are the two most promising deposits and together contain 2/3 of the worlds oil deposits

Exploitation of Tar Sands:

Clear Forests
Open cast mining to extract sediments
Crush and mix with water
Pressurise and use steam to separate bitumen from sand - 2-5 barrels of water per barrel of oil
Leaves polluted water

Key Players:

	Created by Caitlyn Grayston over 7 years ago

A-Level Geography (A Level Energy Security) Note on Athabasca Tar Sands, created by Caitlyn Grayston on 03/06/2017.