Georgetown University is set to divest from companies whose primary business involves the extraction of tar sands, according to a June 7 news release from the university. At the June meeting of the ...

An international team of chemical and environmental engineers has found that oil sands operations in Canada are emitting significantly more pollutants into the air than previously thought. In their ...

CALGARY (Reuters) -Giant shovels, driverless trucks and a dog-like robot have all helped Canada's oil sands companies including Imperial Oil and Suncor become some of North America's lowest-cost oil ...

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Suncor Energy (SU.TO), opens new tab, Canada's second-largest oil producer, will focus this year on cutting operating costs in its oil sands mining business, CEO Rich Kruger said on ...

Canadian Natural Resources Limited CNQ continues to demonstrate the durability and scale of its Oil Sands Mining & Upgrading operations, which anchor its long-life production base. As outlined in the ...

Oil sands projects have long been characterized by high capital requirements and production costs. Even though production costs have drastically decreased over the past two years, most expansion ...

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HOUSTON, Oct. 23-- Suncor Energy Inc. is seeking approvals for a process it says can shrink the environmental footprint of oil sands mining operations. The process, called tailings reduction ...