Mixing Oil and Water

The World

Tar sands oil from northern Alberta is notoriously dirty and difficult to get out of the ground and refine. But it turns out California has its own thick and dirty oil. As reporter Jeremy Miller tells host Bruce Gellerman, California is using clean, fresh water, turned to steam, to get that petroleum out of the ground.

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