Cold Lake oil sands
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The Cold Lake oil sands are a large deposit of oil sands (also pejoravtively known as tar sands) located near Cold Lake, Alberta
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Cold Lake is east of Alberta
's capital, Edmonton
, near Alberta's border with Saskatchewan
, and a small portion of the Cold Lake field lies in Saskatchewan.
In 1980 a plant in Cold Lake was one of just two oil sands plants under construction in Alberta.
In 1980 Canada's federal government was considering dropping its assistance in the development of Alberta's oil sand in favor of offshore oil deposits east of Newfoundland and Labrador
.
Some of the oil sands in the Cold Lake deposit have a low enough density that they can be extracted through drilling, as opposed to mining.
Cold Lake, Alberta
Cold Lake is a city in northeastern Alberta, Canada, named after the lake it is situated near.-Geography:The city is situated in Alberta's "Lakeland" district, 300 km northeast of Edmonton, near the Alberta-Saskatchewan provincial border. The area surrounding the city is sparsely populated,...
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Cold Lake is east of Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
's capital, Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, near Alberta's border with Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, and a small portion of the Cold Lake field lies in Saskatchewan.
In 1980 a plant in Cold Lake was one of just two oil sands plants under construction in Alberta.
In 1980 Canada's federal government was considering dropping its assistance in the development of Alberta's oil sand in favor of offshore oil deposits east of Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
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Some of the oil sands in the Cold Lake deposit have a low enough density that they can be extracted through drilling, as opposed to mining.
See also
- Athabasca oil sandsAthabasca Oil SandsThe Athabasca oil sands are large deposits of bitumen, or extremely heavy crude oil, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada - roughly centred on the boomtown of Fort McMurray...
- Peace River oil sands
- Melville Island oil sandsMelville Island oil sandsThe Melville Island oil sands are a large deposit of oil sands on Melville Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.Exploration for petroleum deposits in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago began, on Melville Island, in 1961....
- Wabasco oil sandsWabasco oil sandsThe Wabasco oil sands are the fourth largest deposit of oil sands located in Alberta, Canada.The Wabasca deposit is located southwest of the larger Athabasca oil sands deposit.-See also:* Athabasca oil sands* Cold Lake oil sands...