This is a poster created for the Citizens Rally to Stop Alabama Tar Sands Mining to educate concerned citizens about the technology and systems that will be used to mine and process oil sands in the PR Springs area of Utah. This poster was created to facilitate public understanding of how oil … [Read more...]
How will Alabama’s oil sands be mined and processed?
“Developing” the Hartselle sandstone formation in Alabama will be a multi-step process that involves mining or in situ extraction, then processing to separate the bitumen. When the bitumen is extracted from the sand and clay, the bitumen is processed into heavy crude oil, which is then transported … [Read more...]