The U.S. National Academy of Sciences is engaged in a study called Pipeline Transportation of Diluted Bitumen, and it is examining whether ``transportation of diluted bitumen, dilbit, by transmission pipeline has an increased likelihood of release compared with pipeline transportation of other crude oils'. '
La National Academy of Sciences des États-Unis a entrepris une étude intitulée Pipeline Transportation of Diluted Bitumen, dans laquelle elle cherche à déterminer si le transport par pipeline du bitume dilué, ou dilbit, augmente les risques de déversement comparativement au transport par pipeline d'autres pétroles bruts.