Tar sands definition

Tar sands means impregnated sands that yield mixtures of liquid hydrocarbon and require further processing other than mechanical blending before becoming finished petroleum products.
Tar sands means impregnated sands that yield mixtures of liquid hydrocarbon
Tar sands means a mineral extracted, otherwise than by a well, from a mineral resource that is a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales and, for the purpose of applying sections 93 to 104 and 130 and any regulations made under paragraph a of section 130 in respect of property acquired after 6 March 1996, includes material extracted by a well from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales ;” ;

Examples of Tar sands in a sentence

  • Tar sands, oil sands, oil shales, oil cuttings, and slurry oil contain large quantities of oil, however, extraction of oil from these materials is costly and time-consuming and generally does not yield sufficient quantities of usable oil.

  • Tar sands was the primary motivation but killing it this way conveniently gets rid of the biofuels problem as well.” According to environmentalists, biofuels may increase CO2 emissions and global hunger.

  • Tar sands extraction is already devastating native lands in Alberta.


More Definitions of Tar sands

Tar sands means impregnated sands that yield mixtures of liquid hydrocarbon 1179 and require further processing other than mechanical blending before becoming finished 1180 petroleum products. 1181 (110) (a) "Telecommunications enabling or facilitating equipment, machinery, or 1182 software" means an item listed in Subsection (110)(b) if that item is purchased or leased 1183 primarily to enable or facilitate one or more of the following to function: 1184 (i) telecommunications switching or routing equipment, machinery, or software; or 1185 (ii) telecommunications transmission equipment, machinery, or software. 1186 (b) The following apply to Subsection (110)(a): 1187 (i) a pole; 1188 (ii) software; 1189 (iii) a supplementary power supply; 1190 (iv) temperature or environmental equipment or machinery; 1191 (v) test equipment; 1192 (vi) a tower; or 1193 (vii) equipment, machinery, or software that functions similarly to an item listed in 1194 Subsections (110)(b)(i) through (vi) as determined by the commission by rule made in 1195 accordance with Subsection (110)(c). 1196 (c) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the 1197 commission may by rule define what constitutes equipment, machinery, or software that 1198 functions similarly to an item listed in Subsections (110)(b)(i) through (vi). 1199 (111) "Telecommunications equipment, machinery, or software required for 911 1200 service" means equipment, machinery, or software that is required to comply with 47 C.F.R. 1201 Sec. 20.18. 1202 (112) "Telecommunications maintenance or repair equipment, machinery, or software" 1203 means equipment, machinery, or software purchased or leased primarily to maintain or repair 1204 one or more of the following, regardless of whether the equipment, machinery, or software is 1205 purchased or leased as a spare part or as an upgrade or modification to one or more of the

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  • SRS means the scheme referred to by the Ministry of Finance as the Supplementary Retirement Scheme or such other scheme as shall replace or supersede the Supplementary Retirement Scheme from time to time.

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