Crude oil is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons, ranging from extremely volatile substances as light as gas to viscous ...

Viewing a graph comparing Alberta's conventional oil reserves against its non-conventional oil sands reserves, one can appreciate the extent of the province's abundance of crude bitumen.

Canada supplies around four million barrels per day to the U.S., roughly half that country's total crude imports ...

The province has announced it will collect bitumen royalties in the form of the heavy oil itself, as opposed to cash.