Wabasco oil sands
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The Wabasco oil sands are the fourth largest deposit of oil sands (also known as tar sands) located in Alberta
, Canada
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The Wabasca deposit is located southwest of the larger Athabasca oil sands deposit.
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...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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The Wabasca deposit is located southwest of the larger Athabasca oil sands deposit.
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...
- Cold Lake oil sandsCold Lake oil sandsThe Cold Lake oil sands are a large deposit of oil sands located near Cold Lake, Alberta.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...
- 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....
- Peace River oil sands