1. Who What Where When Why How
Alberta Oil Sands
Who
What
Where
When
Why
How

3. What are the Tar Sands of Alberta, really?
Type of “unconventional” petroleum deposit
Mixtures of sand, clay and water, saturated with a dense and extremely viscous form of petroleum
Know for being very “dirty” oil because of the processes required to extract it

4. Extraction: How? Types of extraction
Surface mining/open pit mining (which represents around 20% of all extraction)
Steam assisted gravity drainage (In Situ)

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsS9iq0olVI How? (continued)
Extraction of oil (In Situ or Steam driven)
Transportation to refinery
Hot water (fresh water)
Bituminous oil mixture + waste
Final round of refinement

6. Stats Alberta is Canada’s largest producer of:
crude oil
synthetic crude oil
Natural gas
12% of GLOBAL oil reserves (whereas Canada’s population is 0.5% of global population Resource distribution***

7. Compared to Arabian Gulf

8. Benefits Alberta has the highest economic growth in Canada
jobs are related to the tar sands industry
jobs are projected to be created in the next 25 years
Very cheap and easy access to petroleum products
Lowest tax in Canada

9. Negative impacts of the oil industry
Fresh water wastage
Emission of GHG’s (1/3 of Canada’s emissions)
Climate change
Deforestation
Ecological impacts (habitats and species)
Aboriginal impacts

10. Stop the TarSands Campaign
NfCjWHs

11. Why consider other alternatives?
3-5 barrels of fresh water is needed to produce 1 barrel of synthetic oil
This is enough water for 2 million people… per day…
600 million cubic feet of natural gas is needed
Enough for 3 million Canadian homes
Greenhouse gas emissions Climate change
Health factors for nearby residents (ex. Higher rates of cancer)
70% of the product is used by the United States, NOT CANADA