Athabasca tar sands

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:oil
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Athabasca_oil_sands
Athabasca tar patch
gptkbp:area ~142,200 square kilometers
gptkbp:commercialProductionBegan 1967
gptkbp:contains bitumen
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:debatedBy climate change
energy security
indigenous rights
gptkbp:discoveredBy early 18th century
gptkbp:economicImportance major contributor to Alberta's GDP
gptkbp:employs tens of thousands of jobs
gptkbp:environmentalImpact greenhouse gas emissions
water usage
land disturbance
gptkbp:estimatedReserves over 1.7 trillion barrels
gptkbp:exportedTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:McMurray_Formation
gptkbp:firstNationsLand gptkb:Athabasca_Chipewyan_First_Nation
gptkb:Mikisew_Cree_First_Nation
gptkbp:hasCompany gptkb:Cenovus_Energy
gptkb:Husky_Energy
gptkb:TotalEnergies
gptkb:ConocoPhillips
gptkb:Chevron
gptkb:Devon_Energy
gptkb:Shell_Canada
gptkb:MEG_Energy
Statoil (now Equinor)
gptkbp:hasResource unconventional petroleum deposit
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Athabasca tar sands
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Alberta
gptkbp:mainExtractionMethod surface mining
in-situ recovery
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Athabasca_River
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Fort_McMurray
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Syncrude
gptkb:Imperial_Oil
gptkb:Canadian_Natural_Resources_Limited
gptkb:Suncor_Energy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Western_Canadian_Sedimentary_Basin
gptkbp:pipelineTransport gptkb:Keystone_pipeline
gptkb:Trans_Mountain_pipeline
gptkb:Enbridge_pipeline_system
gptkbp:product synthetic crude oil
diluted bitumen
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Alberta_Energy_Regulator
gptkbp:UNESCOConcern gptkb:Wood_Buffalo_National_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Athabasca_oil_sands
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7