Synthetic crude is the output from a bitumen/extra heavy oil upgrader
Upgrader
An upgrader is a facility that upgrades bitumen into synthetic crude oil. Upgrader plants are typically located close to oil sands production, for example, the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada or the Orinoco tar sands in Venezuela.... facility used in connection with oil sand production. It is also the output from an oil shale extraction
Oil shale extraction
Oil shale extraction is an industrial process for producing shale oil, a form of non-conventional oil. This process converts kerogen in oil shale into synthetic crude oil by pyrolysis, or destructive distillation.... . The properties of the synthetic crude depend on the processes used in the upgrading. Typically it is low in sulfur and has an API gravity
API gravity
The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water. If its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks.... around 30.
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Synthetic crude is the output from a bitumen/extra heavy oil upgrader
Upgrader
An upgrader is a facility that upgrades bitumen into synthetic crude oil. Upgrader plants are typically located close to oil sands production, for example, the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada or the Orinoco tar sands in Venezuela.... facility used in connection with oil sand production. It is also the output from an oil shale extraction
Oil shale extraction
Oil shale extraction is an industrial process for producing shale oil, a form of non-conventional oil. This process converts kerogen in oil shale into synthetic crude oil by pyrolysis, or destructive distillation.... . The properties of the synthetic crude depend on the processes used in the upgrading. Typically it is low in sulfur and has an API gravity
API gravity
The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water. If its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks.... around 30.
The Canadian Centre for Energy Information is a non-profit organization created in 2002 to meet an urgent need for information on all aspects of the Canadian energy system from oil, natural gas, coal, thermal, and hydroelectric power through to Nuclear power, solar, wind, and other sources of energy....
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil)
Canada's oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world's great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the Heavy crude oil reservoirs that surround the small city of Lloydminster, which sits on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan....
The Shell Scotford Upgrader is an oilsand upgrader, a facility which processes crude bitumen from oil sands into a wide range of synthetic crude oils....
Syncrude Canada Ltd. is the world's largest producer of synthetic crude oil from oil sands and the largest single source producer in Canada. It is located just outside Fort McMurray, Alberta in the Athabasca Oil Sands, and supplies about 13% of Canada's oil requirements....
