Bitumen

Alberta, known as the Bitumen Royalty in Kind BRIK policy, helps promote Alberta's oil sands development.

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Bitumen, which is basically oil-soaked sand, gets called anything but "tar sands" or "dirty oil" by those reaping the benefits and profits from it.

Sustainablog 2009

"Bitumen," answered Godfrey, and proceeded in a cheerful voice to give an account of the Egyptian process of mummification to his tutor, which Isobel and he had acquired in the course of their miscellaneous reading at Monk's Acre.

Love Eternal Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Bitumen is also much harder to clean up in the event of a spill, campaigners warned.

Canadian tar sands project carries huge risks, warn environmental activists 2011

Bitumen was oil long, long ago, but over time it degraded into something thicker and nastier that has to be extracted by strip mining or steaming it out of the sandy ground in Alberta.

Henry Henderson: Michigan Oil Spill and World's Dirtiest Oil: Why Lie? 2010

Bitumen is a naturally-occurring tar, a derivative of petroleum that has the consistency of cold molasses.

Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » Is Bitumen an Effective Psoriasis Treatment? 2009

Bitumen is packaged and sold most commonly as a Dead Sea product, as a medicinal soap or a bath solvent.

Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » Is Bitumen an Effective Psoriasis Treatment? 2009

Bitumen is still being researched by the professional community as a potentially effective treatment for psoriasis.

Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » Is Bitumen an Effective Psoriasis Treatment? 2009

Bitumen production is 'water intense' requiring three barrels of Athabasca river water to wash away the clay and sand.

Giles Slade: Guest Blog: Dirty Candadian Gas vs America's Green Economy 2009

Bitumen is thick and sticky enough to be used as one of the main ingredients for asphalt or “blacktop.”

Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » Is Bitumen an Effective Psoriasis Treatment? 2009