Muskeg Forest Island A small rounded island of higher ground, rising out of saturated muskeg in the vicinity of Livock River. There is extensive in situ bitumen drilling work throughout this area. Beautiful Destruction, p. 186 Livock River,...
Baseball Diamonds Newly constructed camp for workers at CNRL’s Horizon project. The mines and refineries require tens of thousands of workers, many of whom are housed in camps similar to this one, often with recreation facilities such as these newly sodded baseball...
Sulphur Pile and Ladder A perfectly rectangular cut in one of the massive sulphur storage piles adjacent to the Syncrude’s Mildred Lake upgrader/refinery north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. In 2011 the established reserves of elemental sulphur in the province were...
SAGD Pipeline Insulated thermal conduit piping carrying steam and diluent in one direction and molten or thinned bitumen in the other. These shiny, silver, raised pipelines are typical of SAGD operations. They spider from central steam generation and processing plants...
Pipe Yard Pipe storage yard on Market Road in Boyle, Alberta. These are used in the construction of bitumen and diluent pipelines between Fort McMurray and Bruderheim. Beautiful Destruction, p. 96 Boyle, Alberta, Canada Google Earth...
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