Oil Sands Bitumen for Asphalt Binder: A Technical Assessment

Emma Wheler and Tynan Peterson

Project supported by the McISCE Summer Internship Awards program (2023)

As part of the project, Energy Media: The Politics of Solid-Phase Bitumen, McGill Centre for Innovation in Storage and Conversion of Energy interns Emma Wheler and Tynan Peterson completed a report on the technical and market considerations surrounding oil sands bitumen formatted for asphalt binder.

See the complete report here.

(image: solid phase bitumen, Gates Lab, University of Calgary - image by Hannah Tollefson)