And it is the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta, Canada, that are number one on the list.

FORBES: America's Energy Future May Lie In Canada's Oil Sands

New technologies allow for the vast development of the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, helping make Canada's oil reserves the world's second largest.

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The Athabasca River flows north, into Lake Athabasca, which spans the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.

NEWYORKER: Unconventional Crude

The town of Fort McMurray occupies a set of irregularly spaced hillsides on either side of the Athabasca River, in northern Alberta.

NEWYORKER: Unconventional Crude

It moves oil from the Athabasca oil sands region in Alberta, Canada to hubs and refineries in the US. The pipeline system spans 2, 150 miles and currently has the capacity to deliver up to 590, 000 bpd of crude oil from Canada into the US markets.

FORBES: Better Days Ahead For North American Oil Producers

In the province of Alberta are three major oil sands areas: the Athabasca (the largest), Peace River, and Cold Lake.

FORBES: The Promise And Pitfalls Of Canada's Oil Sands