Sentences with phrase «risk than conventional oil»

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Accessing these comes with huge environmental risks and often even greater greenhouse penalties than conventional oil.

Environmental groups say that's one of several reasons why dilbit corrodes pipelines more easily than conventional crude oil, although the oil industry says dilbit poses no more risk than other oils.

We have two main concerns: the risk of oil spills along the pipeline, which would traverse highly sensitive terrain, and the fact that the extraction of petroleum from the tar sands creates far more greenhouse emissions than conventional production does.

Diluted bitumen, a controversial form of heavy Canadian oil, poses no more risks to pipelines than conventional oil, according to a long - awaited report released Tuesday by the National Academy of Sciences.

If the oil industry wants to pipe these dangerous tar sands oils over our water sheds and aquifers, putting our drinking supply and neighborhoods at risk, they should not only be required to pay into the cleanup fund, they should be paying far more than the 8 cents per barrel they pay for conventional oil since these tar sands oils are not just worse for the environment, but potentially pose a greater risk of spills and are even harder to clean up.

A new study by the National Academy of Sciences found that «pipelines carrying heavy Canadian oil sands fuel are at no greater risk of a spill than those running conventional crude.»