Tag: condensate
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Addressing the Condensate Challenge: Canada’s Oil Sands Growth and the Alberta-MoU
Overview: The Condensate Constraint in Canada’s Oil Sands Canada’s oil sands sector has long positioned itself as a cornerstone of national energy output and export potential. Yet, a persistent bottleneck has complicated its growth trajectory: condensate. Used to dilute bitumen for pipeline transport, condensate is a light hydrocarbon that blends with thick bitumen, enabling it…
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Canada’s Oil Sands Growth Faces a Condensate Challenge and What’s Being Done
The Condensate Challenge in Canada’s Oil Sands Growth Canada’s oil sands have long promised substantial economic benefits through high-grade crude and export potential. Yet, a persistent bottleneck threatens the sector’s expansion: condensate, the light hydrocarbon used as diluent to reduce bitumen’s viscosity for pipeline transport. When condensate supplies tighten or prices spike, the economics of…
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The Condensate Challenge Facing Canada’s Oil Sands Growth
Introduction: A growing bottleneck for Canada’s oil sands Canada’s oil sands have long been touted as a cornerstone of the nation’s energy future. Yet the sector’s expansion hinges not only on the capacity to extract bitumen but also on the availability of condensate—an essential diluent used to shuttle heavy oil through pipelines. A recent milestone…