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{{Infobox Oil field
#REDIRECT [[Wabasca oil field]]
| name = Wabasca oil sands
| region = [[Alberta]]
| country = [[Canada]]
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| offonshore = Onshore, unconventional
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The '''Wabasca oil sands''' are the fourth largest deposit of [[oil sands]] (also known as tar sands) located in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]].<ref>
{{cite news
| url=http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=bJ4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=20MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2414,3655169&dq=cold-lake+oil-sand+|+tar-sand&hl=en
| title=An oil-hungry world eyes Alberta's sand
| publisher=[[Rome News-Tribune]]
| date=1973-11-23
| author=Bruce Biossat
| accessdate=2010-06-22
| quote=Great as is the Athabasca spread, where real scientific exploration began just 60 years ago, it's not the full story. Alberta hold three other oil sands deposits -- Wabasca just southwest of Athabasca, Cold Lake to the south, Peace River to the west.
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{{cite news
| url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Premium-Petroleum-Corp-Increases-Lands-Position-to-11520-Acres-PINK-SHEETS-PPTL-771517.htm
| title=Premium Petroleum Corp. Increases Lands Position to 11,520 Acres
| publisher=[[Premium Petroleum Corp]]
| date=2007-09-19
| accessdate=2010-06-22
| quote=According to the Petroleum Economist: "Although tar sands occur in more than 70 countries, the bulk is found in Canada in four regions: Athabasca, Wabasca, Cold Lake, and Peace River; together covering an area of some 77,000 km2.
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{{cite news
| url=http://www.anl.gov/PCS/acsfuel/preprint%20archive/Files/22_3_MONTREAL_06-77_0171.pdf
| title=The Chemistry of the Alberta Oil Sand Bitumen
| publisher=[[University of Alberta]]
| date=
| author=O.P. Strausz
| accessdate=2010-06-22
| quote=
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The Wabasca deposit is located southwest of the larger [[Athabasca oil sands deposit]].

==See also==
* [[Athabasca oil sands]]
* [[Cold Lake oil sands]]
* [[Melville Island oil sands]]
* [[Peace River oil sands]]

==References==
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[[Category:Bituminous sands of Canada]]

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