STUDY: Diluted Bitumen-Derived Crude Oil: Relative Pipeline Impacts (Battelle)
This report evaluated the claim made that dilbit is more corrosive than other crudes. This evaluation was benchmarked against conventional and/or sour crude, and was based on the existing literature on...
View ArticleLETTER: Pipelines safely transport oil sands crudes
The following letter was jointly signed and submitted by the Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, and the American Petroleum Institute in response to a New York Times...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: Background on Diluted Bitumen (API/AOPL)
One of the types of crude oil derived from the Canadian oil sands is bitumen, a heavy, sour oil. Bitumen would not flow through a pipeline efficiently, so it is mixed with diluents to be readied for...
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