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Canadian oil sands are considered to be the second largest oil reserves in the world. However, the upgrading of bitumen from oil sands to synthetic crude oil (SCO) requires nearly ten times more hydrogen (H 2 ) than conventional crude oils. The current H 2 demand for oil sands operations is met mostly by steam reforming of natural gas (SMR). The future expansion of oil sands operations...