Effluent Boil and Steam 1 Immersed in its own discharge, the effluent from the end of a standpipe at the Muskeg River Mine tailings pond appears to boil before flowing in all directions. The “smoke” is steam. The Muskeg River Mine and Scotford Upgrader together make...
SAGD Pipe Construction Construction of thermal conduit piping at Sunshine Oilsands West Ells SAGD operations about 100 kilometres northwest of Fort McMurray. About 80 per cent of the bitumen reserves are too deep to be mined and can be recovered in situ (in place) by...
Winter Logging Freshly cut aspen and pine trees under a fresh layer of snow as part of Suncor’s Steepbank Mine clearance. Beautiful Destruction, p. 105 Suncor Steepbank Mine, Alberta, Canada Google Earth +56°59’51.5″,...
Agrium Settling Pond and Orange Shovel One of the largest fertilizer plants in North America, the Agrium plant is strategically located in “Upgrader Alley,” northeast of Edmonton, close to various petroleum feedstock sources. Beautiful...
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. ...
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