A Chase for Technology

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Canadian oil companies have embarked on a race to develop technologies that will make the production of heavy crude less damaging to the environment. Cenovus and Conoco Phillips run an oil sands operation in Christina Lake, in northern Alberta.

Richard Perry/The New York Times

A Chase for Technology

Canadian oil companies have embarked on a race to develop technologies that will make the production of heavy crude less damaging to the environment.