Table 12
Oilsands processing operations

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Oilsands processing operations
Table summary
This table displays information on oilsands processing operations. During the processing in the oilsands plants and in the heavy oil upgraders, hydrogen treatment of heavy crude is caries out, a process which results in a volumetric gain in the amount of crude oil which the plants produce. The row headers provide information on the inputs and the products produced. The column headers provide information in thousands of tonnes and megalitres.
  Thousands of tonnes Megalitres
Oilsands mined  588  863
Bitumen processed 1  59  137
Products produced 2from processed bitumen  
Synthetic crude oil 3  55  346
Diesel  224
Still gas  9  905
Sulphur  2  054
Petroleum coke  9  690
Represents bitumen processed into specific products from oil sands mined.
Differences between products produced and bitumen processed are accounted for in plant uses, processing losses, etc.
Included in the crude oil column in Alberta.
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