Crude Oil Pelletizing Technology, Could it Work and Do We Need It?

SUGAR LAND--September 14, 2017--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A new technology being developed by the University of Calgary aims to prevent oil spills by making heavy Canadian crude oil into easy-to-transport pellets that would ostensibly be easier to clean up and perhaps prevent oil spills from pipelines. Transporting these pellets would instead be the job of Canada's huge crude-by-rail system, which would carry them in coal cars. As with any new technology, the questions of necessity, utility and economy must be addressed before it is implemented in any meaningful way. Can this technology be developed in time to be useful with the numerous high-diameter takeaway projects planned for the Canadian Oil Sands? Even if it is developed in time, is there a market for it or intermediary infrastructure and facilities to handle this pelletized crude oil?

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