Looking beyond bitumen: $2M research program explores commercial alternatives

Alberta Innovates hopes a new bitumen research program could help change the national conversation on pipelines and turn an abundant waste product into an economic boon.
The provincially funded corporation has just invested $2 million in seven projects to explore alternative, non-combustion uses for bitumen.
It’s called the Bitumen Beyond Combustion program. The field of research is comparatively new, so projects that secured cash were research labs and universities.
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