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	<title>Centre Flow &#187; oil sands</title>
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	<description>Canadian perspectives on energy</description>
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		<title>How Deep?</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2011/03/11/how-deep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2011/03/11/how-deep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bitumen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[potable water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How deep is an oil well? The easy answer is deep enough to get to the oil. The average conventional oil well drilled in Western Canada in 2010 was 1,611 metres. That&#8217;s about three CN Towers stacked on top of each other. The deepest well ever drilled in Western Canada was about 5,700 metres or<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2011/03/11/how-deep/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trying To See Through An Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/05/11/trying-to-see-through-an-oil-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/05/11/trying-to-see-through-an-oil-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 23:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crude oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deepwater Horizon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petroleum sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image: New York Times In the aftermath of the explosion that destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig on April 30, oil hasn’t been the only thing leaking out — the disaster continues to draw headlines every day in major newspapers around the world. In Canada, feedback has ranged from calls to restrict further offshore drilling, which<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/05/11/trying-to-see-through-an-oil-spill/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Launching Alberta’s energy future</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/04/12/launching-alberta%e2%80%99s-energy-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/04/12/launching-alberta%e2%80%99s-energy-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy demand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=10143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a drum that Flow’s been beating since our very first post: energy is important to Canadians (376KB PDF) (even if they feel like their role in policy-making is limited. The hitch, of course, is that it’s not always easy to make it clear to Canadians just how important that energy is, and the result can<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/04/12/launching-alberta%e2%80%99s-energy-future/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Something old, something new and something green</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/03/29/something-old-something-new-and-something-green/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/03/29/something-old-something-new-and-something-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Coast to Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crude oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=9821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the future going to look like? It’s not a new question, but it’s one we’re still constantly trying to answer. And when it comes to energy, it’s a question that seems to have a few contradictory answers. On one hand, we already know that Canada’s future is going to be different than its<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/03/29/something-old-something-new-and-something-green/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Infinity, Genetics and Oil</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/10/31/infinity-genetics-and-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/10/31/infinity-genetics-and-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in-situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAGD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=8242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when you have more choices than atoms in the universe? You develop computer software to make the best decision… and not just any software but the type that is modeled after life itself. Enter Genetic Algorithms (GA), a class of computer programs that mimic the process of biological genetics in order<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/10/31/infinity-genetics-and-oil/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Oil Sands Journey Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/10/06/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/10/06/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon capture and storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the great oil sands journey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Idling cars are the devil’s greenhouse Imagine, for a moment, that we lived in an ideal world. Apples and avocados don’t turn brown an hour after being sliced. You always get perfect radio reception, even in tunnels, and commercials tend to be of lower volume than the television show you’re watching. Wheels to Winds Part<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/10/06/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-5/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Oil Sands Journey Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/29/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/29/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gasoline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gasoline prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the great oil sands journey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone wants a piece of the plump pump pie Now you know how bitumen is separated from the sand and then upgraded and refined into a specific product. Once the oil is refined into, let’s say, gasoline &#8211; because it accounts for about 40 per cent of the crude oil volume processed by Canadian refiners<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/29/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-4/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Oil Sands Journey Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/22/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/22/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bitumen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydrotreating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the great oil sands journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bitumen finally grows up Once you manage to get the bitumen separated from the sand, the next step is to get it upgraded, a process needed to convert bitumen into a product with a density and viscosity similar to conventional light crude oil. Upgrading, like life, comes in a series of stages. Wells to Wheels<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/22/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-3/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Oil Sands Journey  Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/15/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/15/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in-situ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the great oil sands journey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do I have to separate you three? So now that you know the origins of the sands, what then of the process that brings the oil from the sand to your car?  Two important areas of discussion around this include the separation process, which we discuss this week, and next week it’s the upgrading/refining process, which is<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/15/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-2/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Oil Sands Journey  Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/08/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/08/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gasoline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydrocarbons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tailings ponds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the great oil sands journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=6385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From waves to wells to wheels to winds Next time you fill up your car to drive from Winnipeg to Waterloo, take a moment to ponder the full journey. Not your journey – the journey of your fuel, starting from the oil sands. Actually, let’s go further than that, beginning before the oil sands, when<a class="readMoreLink" href="http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/08/the-great-oil-sands-journey-part-1/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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