Wonderfull $This NR is worth billions:
The addition of diluent to bitumen for transportation though pipelines is estimated to cost Alberta bitumen producers more than US$6 billion annually. Numerous studies on the partial upgrading of bitumen point to benefits such as eliminating high-cost diluent, alleviating pipeline constraints, and increasing the value of crude oil to refiners, and reducing emissions. According to the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, the value uplift of partial upgrading of bitumen is estimated at $10 to $15 per barrel of bitumen.
I'm pretty sure nobody was waiting for that one.
Go Sherritt go