The Syncrude oil sands extraction facility is reflected in a lake reclaimed from an old mine near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada on October 22, 2009.
A disused mining machine on display in front of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta on October 22, 2009.
View of smoke plumes emitted from the Syncrude upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray.
Suncor recognizes the importance of addressing the tailings challenge associated with the development of oil sands mines. Oil sands mines produce tailings — left over material produced during the extraction process that separates bitumen from the oil sand. We have developed a new tailings management approach called the TRO™ process that's expected to significantly improve the speed of tailings reclamation. We believe our TRO™ technology will help us meet provincial regulatory requirements and, just as importantly, the changing expectations of our stakeholders.
The Suncor oilsands operation uses trucks that are 3 stories tall, weigh one million pounds, and cost 7 million dollars each.
Oilsands at night:
What environmentalists describe as one of the worst emitters of greenhouses gases on earth has shaken off the recession.
According to updated data from business information company IHS, Canadian oil sands product refined in the United States emits nine per cent more carbon on average than other forms of refined fuel. In its previous report, the IHS had estimated this at six per cent.
Reflective Tailings Ponds, Alberta Tar Sands
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says there won’t be any charges against two oil sands companies that own tailings ponds in northern Alberta where hundreds of ducks died two years ago.
More than 550 birds, many of them covered in oily goo, had to be destroyed.
Oilsands upgrader in winter:
The depressing blight of land used for oil sands extraction:
Oil sands extraction by the traditional open cast mining method:
Oil sits on the surface at a Suncor Energy Inc. oilsands mining operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013.
A large oil refinery along the Athabasca River in Alberta's Oilsands. Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Oils mixes with water at a tailings pond at a Suncor Energy Inc. oilsands mining operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013.
Fort McMurray is in the heart of the world's biggest single oil deposit - the Athabasca Oil Sands, and the oil is extracted by surface mining and refined in the region. The oil production is at the heart of the economy.
In this Aug. 5, 2005 file photo, the Syncrude upgrader spreads out towards the horizon at the company's oil sands project in Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
This Tuesday, July 10, 2012 aerial photo shows a Nexen oil sands facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
This Sept. 19, 2011 aerial photo shows an oilsands facility near Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada.
This Sept. 19, 2011 aerial photo shows an oilsands tailings pond at a mine facility near Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada.
This Sept. 19, 2011 aerial photo shows an oilsands tailings pond at a mine facility near Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada.
The Syncrude extraction facility in the northern Alberta oil sand fields is reflected in the pool of water being recycled for re-use.
A night view of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 22, 2009.
Aerial view of a lake and forests in the vicinity of oil sands extraction facilities near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada on October 23, 2009.
Workers use heavy machinery in the tailings pond at the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta , Canada on October 25, 2009.
Fort McMurray is in the heart of the world's biggest single oil deposit - the Athabasca Oil Sands, and the oil is extracted by surface mining and refined in the region. The oil production is at the heart of the economy.
A large oil refinery in Alberta's Oilsands project. Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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