Syncrude

Syncrude is a company that extracts oil from a natural resource called oil sands in northern Alberta, Canada. Oil sands are a mixture of sand, water, clay, and a thick form of oil called bitumen. Syncrude uses specialized mining methods to separate the bitumen from the sand, which is then processed into synthetic crude oil. This crude can be refined into products like gasoline and diesel. The process requires significant energy and has environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions and land disturbance, making it a subject of environmental and economic discussions.