The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria has completed a massive Global Energy Assessment study involving experts from around the world.  The report is available for downloading at the following site:  

http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/Energy/Chapters_Home.en.html

One of our WISE Members, Dr Maurice Dusseault, and his graduate student Ali Shafiei, contributed important sections related to non-conventional petroleum energy sources, with a focus on viscous oil production methods and environmental issues.

Dr Dusseault and Ali Shafiei also recently contributed a new Chapter on Oil Sands for the well-known Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, an industry standard knowledge base published by Wiley.

Dusseault MB, Shafiei A. 2011. Oil Sands.  Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. 52 pages

This chapter evaluates world oil sand resources and summarizes many aspects of resource magnitude and production approaches.