Aquatic toxicity and chemical fate of diluted bitumen spills in freshwater under natural weathering

Increasing global demands for oils are fueling the production of diluted bitumen (DB) from Canada’s oil sands region. More weathered than conventional crude (CC) oils, Alberta bitumen is often diluted with lighter petroleum oils to reduce density and viscosity to meet pipeline specifications for tra...

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Main Authors: S.L.J. Hepditch, J.M. Gutierrez-Villagomez, T.A. To, E. Larocque, Q. Xin, N. Heshka, I. Vander Meulen, J.V. Headley, H.D. Dettman, G. Triffault-Bouchet, J.M.E. Ahad, V.S. Langlois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-08-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024005300