Energy regulator hails oil sands' increased freshwater consumption as "significant progress"
Alberta Energy Regulator's recently released water usage report shows the amount of freshwater needed to mine a barrel of tar sands crude increased by 1.8% from 2022 to 2023.
When the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released its latest annual report into the oil industry’s water usage performance, regulator CEO Laurie Pushor said in a Dec. 12 news release that the report’s data “highlights the significant progress the industry has made over time.”
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