A test shipment of bitumen oil from Alberta is on its way to China, but it didn’t get to a British Columbia port by pipeline – it was moved by train through Prince Rupert in a semi-solid form commonly ...

Backers of a proposed B.C. refinery want to transport Alberta bitumen in solid form inside tank cars along Canadian National Railway Co.'s existing lines and convert the substance into diesel and ...

CALGARY — A Canadian company has loaded a test cargo of solid bitumen onto a vessel destined for a refinery in China, the latest effort by the energy industry to avoid congested export pipelines and ...

"Working with InnoTech Alberta, CN has developed CanaPux TM, an innovative product and new way of transporting bitumen that puts both safety and the environment at the forefront," said Janet Drysdale, ...

Alberta Innovates has issued a paper examining ways that bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands can be repurposed to create new industries to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Paul Giannelia and ...