Expressed in degrees, American Petroleum Institute gravity is a measure of the relative density of a petroleum liquid. MEG's blended product, Access Western Blend, has an API gravity of approxima [..]

Expressed in degrees, American Petroleum Institute gravity is a measure of the relative density of a petroleum liquid. MEG's blended product, Access Western Blend, has an API gravity of approxima [..]

Access Western Blend, or AWB, is the blend of bitumen and diluent MEG ships from its producing areas to the Edmonton-area refining and transportation hub.

Barrels of petroleum product. Also often expressed as bpd for barrels per day.

A naturally-occurring, very heavy oil consisting mainly of pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons. Crude bitumen may contain sulphur and other non-hydrocarbon compounds.

A process that uses heat generated from clean burning natural gas to produce both steam and electricity. MEG uses the steam and a portion of the electricity generated in its operations, and sells the [..]

The estimated volume of bitumen in a given area that may or may not be commercially viable to produce for a variety of reasons. The contingent resource classification involves greater risks and uncert [..]

A cylindrical sample drilled from subsurface areas to analyze the characteristics of a resource base.

A blend of diluent and bitumen.

Lighter viscosity petroleum products that are used to dilute bitumen for transportation in pipelines