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Oil Sands
Oil sands are deposits of sand or rock saturated with bitumen, a heavy, viscous form of petroleum that requires specialized extraction techniques.
In oil trading, oil sands production affects supply dynamics, pricing, and transportation logistics. The heavy nature of bitumen requires upgrading or blending before refining.
Environmental regulations and capital intensity make oil sands projects high-cost but strategically important. Traders monitor production levels and pipeline capacity to anticipate market impacts.
Oil sands influence global heavy crude benchmarks and risk premiums in derivative pricing.