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:The Oil SandsOil Sands Of AlbertaAlberta Oil Sands Still in Business · Alberta’s producers — forced to contend with sub-zero oil prices just a couple of years ago — are using the windfall from $100 a barrel crude to repair their
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· In 1929, Bitumount, located on the current-day Fort Hills lease, became Alberta's first privately-funded "commercial" oil sands plant. The property was developed by PEI entrepreneur Robert Fitzsimmons, producing asphalt for use as roofing and road paving material. In 1959, Shell successfully recovered bitumen in-situ from Lease 13 in
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The Alberta Oil Sands, Journalists, and Their Sources
Although most of the stories about the Alberta oil sands that appear in the news media have a business or economic focus, this study reveals that a clear majority of the 20 journalists who participated believe that the tension between economic and environmental
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· Contact. Connect with Oil Sands, Coal and Mineral Operations: Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays) Email: Oil Sands Royalty Project Applications and Compliance [email protected]. Oil Sands Royalty Administration [email protected]. Oil Sands Royalty Information Management
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The Location of Oil Sands-Oil Sands-Alberta's Energy Heritage
The completed Alberta Government Oil Sands Project plant, ca. 1950 Source: University of Alberta, 91-137-070-detail Alberta government issues report on oil sands potential. Cover of Sidney Blair’s Report on the Alberta Bituminous Sands commissioned by the Government of Alberta, 1950 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta,
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10 High-Paying In-Demand Jobs in the Oil Sands of Alberta
Salaries for mechanical engineers in the oil sands industry typically range from approximately CAD 80,000 to CAD 120,000 per year. 9. Health and Safety Coordinator. Health and safety coordinators play a crucial role in ensuring a safe work environment within the oil sands industry.
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· Mining. Roughly 500 km 2 of the 140,000 km 2 oil sands deposit in Northern Alberta is currently undergoing surface mining activity. This is about 3% of total oil sands surface area or 20% of oil sands reserves. Surface mining uses truck and shovel technology to move sand saturated with bitumen from the mining area to an extraction
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· Abstract. Alberta’s oil sands underlie about 142,000 km 2 of the Athabasca, Cold Lake and Peace river areas in northern Alberta. Up to 80 % of this deposit is buried too deeply to be recoverable by traditional mining techniques.
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- · The oil sands of Alberta, Canada, can produce up to a million barrels a day and hold reserves eight times those of Saudi Arabia. But critics charge that the process of extracting the oil
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The Geology of the Oil Sands-Oil Sands-Alberta's Energy
The completed Alberta Government Oil Sands Project plant, ca. 1950 Source: University of Alberta, 91-137-070-detail Alberta government issues report on oil sands potential. Cover of Sidney Blair’s Report on the Alberta Bituminous Sands commissioned by the Government of Alberta, 1950 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta,
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· Oil sands explained. Oil sand is a naturally occurring mixture of sand, clay or other minerals, water and bitumen, which is a heavy and extremely viscous oil. It must be processed before it can be used by refineries to produce fuels such as gasoline and diesel. The Athabasca deposit is the largest, most developed oil sands project in Alberta.
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· The oil sands of Alberta, Canada, can produce up to a million barrels a day and hold reserves eight times those of Saudi Arabia. But critics charge that the process of extracting the oil destroys both the land and the atmosphere. Bob Simon investigates.
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· Researchers flew an aeroplane over the oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to measure all of their carbon-based emissions. Development of TCR-engineered Tregs for T1D. Single-cell analysis, evaluate
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Oil Sands-Alberta's Energy Heritage
The completed Alberta Government Oil Sands Project plant, ca. 1950 Source: University of Alberta, 91-137-070-detail Alberta government issues report on oil sands potential. Cover of Sidney Blair’s Report on the Alberta Bituminous Sands commissioned by the Government of Alberta, 1950 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta,
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· The Canadian oil sands (or tar sands) are a large area of petroleum extraction from bitumen, located primarily along the Athabasca River with its centre of activity close to Fort McMurray in Alberta,
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The Formation of Oil Sands-Oil Sands-Alberta's Energy Heritage
The completed Alberta Government Oil Sands Project plant, ca. 1950 Source: University of Alberta, 91-137-070-detail Alberta government issues report on oil sands potential. Cover of Sidney Blair’s Report on the Alberta Bituminous Sands commissioned by the Government of Alberta, 1950 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta,
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· The scale of Alberta’s oil sands operations, the world's largest industrial project, is hard to grasp. Especially north of Fort McMurray, where the boreal forest has been razed and bitumen is
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· 1964. After a number of failed stops and starts, GCOS began construction of a 45,000 bbl/day oil sands mine and bitumen upgrader just north of Fort McMurray in 1964. The $250 million project was the largest private investment in Canada's history at the time. The Syncrude consortium was also established that same year.
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· Oil sands are sometimes referred to as tar sandsor bituminous sands. The exact composition of Alberta's oil sands can vary greatly, even within the same geological formation. A typical oil sands deposit contains about 10% bitumen, 5% water and 85% solids. However, the bitumen content can be as high as 20% in some areas.
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Origins-Oil Sands-Alberta's Energy Heritage
The completed Alberta Government Oil Sands Project plant, ca. 1950 Source: University of Alberta, 91-137-070-detail Alberta government issues report on oil sands potential. Cover of Sidney Blair’s Report on the Alberta Bituminous Sands commissioned by the Government of Alberta, 1950 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta,
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· The expansion of oil sands operations has been under scrutiny from environmental groups due to its impact on Alberta’s ecosystem. This study seeks to explore the impact of oil sands
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· 1964. After a number of failed stops and starts, GCOS began construction of a 45,000 bbl/day oil sands mine and bitumen upgrader just north of Fort McMurray in 1964. The $250 million project
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:The Oil SandsAlberta Oil Sands Still in BusinessOil Sands Operations
Energy Stories-Storying the Oil Sands-University of
5 · In Storying the Oil Sands: Community, Innovation and Politics in Northern Alberta, we want to prioritize the many, rich and diverse voices across the region and help bring nuance and care to a national
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:The Oil SandsCleve Jones
Alberta government calls bill about backing up environmental
3 · Alberta's government says it is "actively exploring" the use of every legal option, including a constitutional challenge or the use of the Alberta Sovereignty Act, to push
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· And for the average Canadian, digging in to all of this can cause big-time confusion. That’s why the Alberta Energy Regulator has produced videos on the oil sands and related topics designed to help cut through this confusion. The one below explains what the oil sands are, where they are, how big they are, how they’re recovered, and how
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· The Oil Sands Explained in 10 minutes. Alberta’s oil sands. It’s the world’s third largest oil reserves, 161 billion recoverable barrels in the ground. They’re are huge part of Canada's economy, contributing trillions to Canada's GDP over the past 50 years, generating billions annually in government taxes, revenues and royalties
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· Global News takes a look at the pros and cons involved in developing the oil sands. Pros: “¢ The oil sands have made Canada the Number One foreign supplier of oil to the U.S. This has become a
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:The Oil SandsOil Sands Of Alberta · The oil sands of Alberta, Canada, can produce up to a million barrels a day and hold reserves eight times those of Saudi Arabia. But critics charge that the process of extracting the oil destroys both the land and the atmosphere. Bob Simon investigates.
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The Geological Survey of Canada Explores the Oil Sands-Oil Sands-Alberta…
The completed Alberta Government Oil Sands Project plant, ca. 1950 Source: University of Alberta, 91-137-070-detail Alberta government issues report on oil sands potential. Cover of Sidney Blair’s Report on the Alberta Bituminous Sands commissioned by the Government of Alberta, 1950 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta,
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· BITUMOUNT c.1950 (IMAGE COURTESY GLENBOW ARCHIVES) Great Canadian Oil Sands, formed by Sunoco in 1952, started up the first large-scale oil sands mine and bitumen upgrader in 1967. Now known as Suncor Energy, its Base Plantoperations would undergo several phases of expansions over the next 50 years.
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