Nanoparticle technology for heavy oil in-situ upgrading and recovery enhancement: Opportunities and challenges

R Hashemi, NN Nassar, PP Almao - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
With more than 170 billion barrels of estimated oil sands reserves in Canada, Canada has
the third largest oil reserves in the world. However, more than 80% of oil sand's reserves are …

Consequences of oil spills: a review and framework for informing planning

SE Chang, J Stone, K Demes, M Piscitelli - Ecology and Society, 2014 - JSTOR
As oil transportation worldwide continues to increase, many communities are at risk of oil
spill disasters and must anticipate and prepare for them. Factors that influence oil spill …

[图书][B] Visualizing climate change: a guide to visual communication of climate change and developing local solutions

SRJ Sheppard - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery
of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts …

[图书][B] Water and energy: threats and opportunities

G Olsson - 2015 - books.google.com
Rapid and important developments in the area of energy-water nexus over the last two to
three years have been significant. This new edition of Water and Energy: Threats and …

[HTML][HTML] Mask R-CNN based automated identification and extraction of oil well sites

H He, H Xu, Y Zhang, K Gao, H Li, L Ma, J Li - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fine-scale land disturbances due to mining development modify the land surface cover and
have cumulative detrimental impacts on the environment. Understanding the distribution of …

Legacy of a half century of Athabasca oil sands development recorded by lake ecosystems

J Kurek, JL Kirk, DCG Muir, X Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The absence of well-executed environmental monitoring in the Athabasca oil sands (Alberta,
Canada) has necessitated the use of indirect approaches to determine background …

Emissions and human health impact of particulate matter from surface mining operation—A review

AK Patra, S Gautam, P Kumar - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2016 - Elsevier
Particulate matter (PM) is one of the primary pollutants produced from surface mining
operations. Health related studies indicate a strong association of airborne PM with adverse …

Extracting knowledge: Social science, environmental impact assessment, and Indigenous consultation in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada

JM Baker, CN Westman - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2018 - Elsevier
This article provides a critical overview of consultation, impact assessment, and traditional
land use research as these methods of extracting knowledge intersect in the oil sands …

Billion dollar boreal woodland caribou and the biodiversity impacts of the global oil and gas industry

M Hebblewhite - Biological Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
Awareness of the impact of the global energy industry and associated landuse change on
biodiversity conservation has been steadily growing amongst conservation biologists …

[HTML][HTML] Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: Exposure and effects on wildlife

SJ Wallace, SR De Solla, JA Head, PV Hodson… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) are ubiquitous in the environment. Wildlife
(including fish) are chronically exposed to PACs through air, water, sediment, soil, and/or …