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Above and beyondBitumen Beyond Combustion explores how to diversify the uses of bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to create valuable products and lower the sector’s carbon emissions

Bitumen Beyond Combustion explores how to diversify the uses of bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to create valuable products and lower the sector’s carbon emissions

By Alice Martin

September 26, 2024

Precursor fibre being spun onto a spool prior to thermal treatment that will convert it to carbon fibre at InnoTech Alberta (a subsidiary of Alberta Innovates). Courtesy of Alberta Innovates

Canada’s vast oil sands deposits are the foundation of the country’s natural resource wealth. However, the push to move away from fossil fuels to cut carbon emissions raises the urgent question of how else these deposits could generate value.

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