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Syncrude Canada Ltd. is one of the world's largest producers of synthetic crude oil from oil sands and the largest single source producer in Canada.It is located just outside Fort McMurray in the Athabasca Oil Sands, and has a nameplate capacity of 350,000 barrels per day (56,000 m 3 /d) of oil, equivalent to about 13% of Canada's consumption. [1]
The Syncrude Tailings Dam, impounding the Mildred Lake Settling Basin (MLSB), is an embankment dam that is, by volume of construction material, the largest earth structure in the world in 2001. [1] It is located 40 km (25 mi) north of Fort McMurray , Alberta, Canada, at the northern end of the Mildred Lake lease area owned by Syncrude Canada Ltd .
Syncrude Tailings Dam, Fort McMurray, Alberta. A tailings dam is typically an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations after separating the ore from the gangue. Tailings can be liquid, solid, or a slurry of fine particles, and are usually highly toxic and potentially radioactive. Solid tailings are often used as ...
Syncrude tailings dam. The Syncrude Tailings Dam or Mildred Lake Settling Basin (MLSB) is an embankment dam that was, by volume of construction material, the largest earth structure in the world in 2001. [17] It is located 40 km (25 mi) north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, at the northern end of the Mildred Lake lease owned by Syncrude ...
Fort McMurray International Airport: Main Terminal (Downtown) to Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre, Gregoire Park, and Fort McMurray International Airport. 12: Thickwood to Timberlea: Timberlea Transfer Station to Dickinsfield and Thickwood Transfer Station, returning to Timberlea via Brett Drive. 15: Timberlea
On April 2, 2009, Suncor was fined $675,000 for failing to install pollution control equipment at its Firebag operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta in July 2006. On the same day, Suncor was fined $175,000 [41] for dumping untreated wastewater from a company work camp near Fort McMurray into the Athabasca River in 2007. [42] [43]
The new riding then became Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche in 2018. Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is currently represented by Tany Yao and Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche is represented by Brian Jean. Both MLAs are former members of the Wildrose Party and are current members of the United Conservative Party. As of 2016, the municipality is located in the ...
The average annual flow just downstream of Fort McMurray is 633 cubic metres per second (22,400 cu ft/s) [100] with its highest daily average measuring 1,200 cubic metres per second. [ 101 ] Water licence allocations total about 1% of the Athabasca River average annual flow, though actual withdrawals for all uses, in 2006, amount to about 0.4% ...