Oil sands
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oil-sands-189-17037228
title:
Oil sands
text:
Oil sands, tar sands, crude bitumen, or bituminous sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. Oil sands are either loose sands or partially consolidated sandstone containing a naturally occurring mixture of sand, clay, and water, soaked with bitumen, a dense and extremely viscous form of petroleum. Significant bitumen deposits are reported in Canada, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Venezuela. The estimated worldwide deposits of oil are more than 2 trillion barrels; Proven reserves of bitumen
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of unconventional oil deposit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_sands
date created:
2003-08-18T23:34:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T14:53:01Z
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13
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