Alberta to Offer Loans, Grants to Grow Bitumen Partial Upgrader Capacity, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Feb. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The government of Alberta is hoping to attract billions of dollars in investments by committing up to C$1 billion (US$780 million) to help develop bitumen partial-upgrading facilities. Partial upgrading reduces the thickness of oil sands bitumen so that it can flow through pipelines more easily, without having to be blended with diluent, promoters of the plan said this week.

Within this article: Details on bitumen upgrade projects in Alberta.

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