Highway 63 Bitumen Slick A huge “sail” of residual bitumen seems to tower over a bus on Highway 63, carrying workers at the end of their work shift from Syncrude’s Mildred Lake upgrading refinery. To support Fort McMurray as a community, Syncrude has a policy...
Orange Pumping Vessel A large pumping vessel in Syncrude’s South West Sand Storage tailings pond. Similar vessels of various shapes, sizes and colours draw water from the tailings ponds for recycling in the bitumen separation process. ...
Athabasca Raider The Athabasca Raider, an industrial vessel, in Suncor’s South Tailings Pond. Beautiful Destruction, p. 163 Suncor South Tailings Pond, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Google Earth <a +56°52’36.77″,...
Bulldozer 5630 Bulldozer 5630, deep in black bitumen at the bottom of the Steepbank Mine. Most of the bitumen deposits are found in the McMurray Formation, a layer of shale, sandstone and oil-impregnated sands formed during the Cretaceous period. ....
Tonka Trucks Immense trucks used for strip-mining bitumen. These multimillion dollar trucks are a constant feature, crawling in slow motion and countless numbers across a destroyed landscape. Beautiful Destruction, pp. 4-5...
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