An Analysis of Industrial Policy Mechanisms to Support Commercial Deployment of Bitumen Partial Upgrading in Alberta

Partial upgrading of bitumen (PUB) improves the quality (increases the value) of crude oil from bituminous sands to the level where pipeline specifications are met without—or with reduced use of—costly diluent. By reducing the cost of transportation to downstream refineries, PUB can serve as a solut...

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Main Authors: Garret Kent Fellows, Jennifer Winter, Alaz Munzur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2670