Around 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals living in what we now call France crafted tool handles using a special sticky substance ...

Dilbit is bitumen diluted with hydrocarbons, a mixture that travels easily through pipelines. Uncertainty about its properties attracted the attention of the U.S. Congress, which asked the private ...

First oil was expected in November. Bitumen is a heavy, thick mixture of crude oil, sand, and clay that has the consistency of tar. Very abundant in Alberta, the resource nevertheless is more ...