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In the ranking of the world’s proven oil reserves, Canada
stands behind only
Saudi Arabia.
Canada possesses an estimated 178.6 billion barrels of crude oil accessible using current technology.
Of this reserve, 174 billion barrels are in Alberta’s oil sand fields, which cover 140,200 square kilometers (54,132 square miles) of the province.
The
largest oil sand field is Athabasca, shown here.
Oil
sands consist of sand coated in water and a sticky film of bitumen, a
heavy
oil. The bitumen can be rinsed from the sand and refined into fuels.
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