Diluted bitumen: physicochemical properties, weathering processes, emergency response, and recovery

X Zhong, P Li, X Lin, Z Zhao, Q He, H Niu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bitumen, an unconventional crude oil, has received much attention with the increasing
consumption and the shrinking storage of conventional crude oils. Bitumen is highly viscous …

Simulating diluted bitumen spills in boreal lake limnocorrals-part 2: Factors affecting the physical characteristics and submergence of diluted bitumen

S Stoyanovich, JR Rodríguez-Gil, ML Hanson… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
We examined the fate and behaviour of diluted bitumen (dilbit) as it weathered for 70 days in
freshwater limnocorrals (10 m diameter× 1.5 m depth) installed in a boreal lake to simulate …

Chemical Weathering Patterns of Diluted Bitumen Spilled into Freshwater Limnocorrals

SS Stoyanovich, LJ Saunders, Z Yang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the sudden nature of oil spills, few controlled studies have documented how oil
weathers immediately following accidental release into a natural lake environment. Here, we …

Effect of spilled diluted bitumen on chemical air-water exchange in boreal lake limnocorrals

LJ Saunders, JL Rodriguez-Gil, SS Stoyanovich… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Following spills into water, petroleum oils can spread widely and produce surface slicks.
Resulting slicks may impede volatilization and possibly increase chemical persistence in …

[图书][B] Toxicity of weathered sediment-bound dilbit to freshwater fish and invertebrates

S Everitt - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Bitumen from the Alberta oil sands must be diluted to form diluted bitumen (dilbit) to facilitate
transport through pipelines, yet little is known about its effects on aquatic organisms after a …