A Tour of Alberta's Oil Sands Miners — Course Preview
There are 6 oil sands mining projects in Alberta that collectively produce 1.6 million bbl/day of bitumen:
1 Suncor’s Base Plant, operated by @suncorenergy
2 The Syncrude Project, operated by @SyncrudeCanada
3 Albian Sands, operated by @CanadianNaturalCNRL
4 Horizon, also operated by @CanadianNaturalCNRL
5 Kearl, operated by @ImperialOil
6 Fort Hills, operated by @suncorenergy
Mining accounts for half of all output from the oil sands, and one-third of Canada’s total crude oil production. But how exactly do miners get oil from the oil sands?
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:14 Lease map - the big 6 mines
1:26 Mining pit and oil sands geology
1:42 Five components of an oil sands mine
2:24 Upgrader integration - integrated vs non-integrated mines
3:02 The bitumen production process
4:08 Tailings storage and reclamation
4:55 Differences in technology selection
5:47 Froth Treatment - naphthenic vs paraffinic
6:13 Tailings reclamation technologies
7:43 Bitumen production profile (annual to 2022)
SHORT COURSE — A Practical Guide To Alberta’s Oil Sands Miners
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