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'''Project Oilsand''', also known as '''Project Oilsands''', and originally known as Project Cauldron, was a 1958 proposal to exploit the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta via the underground detonation of up to 100 nuclear explosives; hypothetically, the heat and pressure created by an underground detonation would boil the bitumen deposits, reducing their viscosity to the point that standard oilfield techniques could be used. | |||
* [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Oilsand Project Oilsand] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Oilsand Project Oilsand] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 24 February 2021
Project Oilsand, also known as Project Oilsands, and originally known as Project Cauldron, was a 1958 proposal to exploit the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta via the underground detonation of up to 100 nuclear explosives; hypothetically, the heat and pressure created by an underground detonation would boil the bitumen deposits, reducing their viscosity to the point that standard oilfield techniques could be used.
- Project Oilsand @ Wikipedia