Everything about Orinoco Tar Sands totally explained
The
Orinoco Oil Sands, also known as the
Orinoco Tar Sands, are deposits of
oil sands located near the
Orinoco River in
Venezuela. The Orinoco River starts in the Venezuelan-Brazilian border and ends in the
Atlantic Ocean at the
Gulf of Paria. The Orinoco Tar Sands are known to be one of the largest, if not the largest oil sand deposit in the world, along with the
Athabasca Tar Sands in
Alberta,
Canada. It is estimated that at least 66% of the world's petroleum reserves are preserved in oil sand form, with 32% (270 km³ or 1.7 trillion barrels) of oil sand deposits in Athabascan deposits and 34% (286 km³ or 1.8 trillion barrels) in the Orinoco deposits.
Orinoco tar sands are, according to experts, more economical to extract, at
$16 per barrel of oil, than Canada's Athabasca oil sands at around
$20 per barrel, but with the
Oil price increases since 2003 to over $130 per barrel, this cost differential has become less important.
Venezuela's non-conventional oil deposits of about, found primarily in the Orinoco oil sands, are estimated to approximately equal the world's reserves of conventional oil. An estimated were producible at 2006 prices and technology. In addition to the Orinoco tar sands, some deposits are also found in the Maracaibo Basin and Guanoco Lake, near the Caribbean coast.
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