Registration (free) : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/csce-research-advances-on-unconventional-petroleum-hazards-and-impacts-tickets-42585727056. Summary of the conference : Unconventional oil is petroleum extracted using much higher energy-intensive techniques than through the traditional oil-well. It is the case in Canada with bituminous sands or in USA with light oil from the Bakken formation where these crudes are extracted from tight rock or soils. These oils are then transported by pipelines