How do they extract oil directly from sand in Canada? 🛢️ This oil can't be pumped out—you can walk through it in winter, and its reserves are greater than those of many oil-rich countries!

In this episode of the "Hidden Horizon" channel, we explore how oil is extracted from Canada's oil sands—in the province of Alberta, along the Athabasca River. You'll learn what bitumen is and why it's impossible to extract using conventional methods, see quarries with giant dump trucks the size of three-story buildings, and understand how engineers literally melt oil deep underground using steam.

We'll also find out why this "black treasure" lay useless for almost half a century, what Dr. Carl Clark has to do with it, and why the world's largest reserves of this raw material aren't actually located in Canada. Finally, we'll talk frankly about the downside of this type of extraction.

📌 In this video:
✔️ What are oil sands and bitumen in simple terms
✔️ Extraction in huge quarries and gigantic machines
✔️ How oil is separated from sand with hot water
✔️ How oil is "melted" underground with steam (SAGD method)
✔️ How gasoline and fuel are produced from thick tar
✔️ The pros, cons, and controversies surrounding oil sands

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