Project Oilsand
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project-oilsand-285-15417904
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Project Oilsand
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Project Oilsand, also known as Project Oilsands, and originally known as Project Cauldron, was a 1958 proposal to exploit the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta via the underground detonation of up to 100 nuclear explosives; hypothetically, the heat and pressure created by an underground detonation would boil the bitumen deposits, reducing their viscosity to the point that standard oilfield techniques could be used. The proposal was devised by geologist Manley L. Natland at Los Angeles–based Richfie
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2023-12-10T22:34:35Z
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