Good afternoon, Mr. Brown. I'd like some clarification. I'm not from western Canada, but from the east. This may seem like a basic question to my colleagues, but I want to get a clear understanding of this.
On page 5 of your presentation, you briefly explain that this is a viscous oil contained in the sands. The challenge is to convert the sands to usable petroleum products. You explained that you could use the vapours or extract the sand, then extract the oil elsewhere. I understand that this is the crude product.
Is the process the same for refined products, the lighter products? What kind of oil product can be derived from this? Is it similar to standard fossil fuel that can be found in liquid layers? That's my first question.
I'm going to ask my second question. Do the companies that operate in the field have effective measures for restoring lands to their original state? If so, how does that process work?