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Role of kerogen on the Solvent Retention and Sedimentation of Oil Sands in Non-Aqueous Bitumen Extraction
DownloadFall 2020
One of the most problematic challenges of current hot water oil sands extraction methods is tailings ponds and the resulting environmental liability and risk. As a new method of extraction, non-aqueous extraction has the potential to replace the current hot-water extraction technology and...
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Voices from the Shadows: Investigating the Identity and Wellbeing of Male Mobile Workers in the Contemporary ‘Boom-Sphere’ Context of the Alberta Oil Sands
DownloadFall 2014
Mobile workers are those individuals who commute to and from resource development projects and who live temporarily in work camps, lodges, hotels, private rental suites, or other short-term accommodations. My thesis specifically explores the over-stereotyped and under-researched lives of male...