Oh yeah we know all about the technology and how easy of a process they have been able to make it. We have a program up here from Alberta called "Energy TV" and they talk about it all the time.
They wash the sands with water to separate the oil from the sand then they separate the water from the oil, then they follow the normal process as other processing centers would.
They wash the sands with water to separate the oil from the sand then they separate the water from the oil, then they follow the normal process as other processing centers would.