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Oil Sands : Oil Sands Mining Technology
Information and links on a variety of technical aspects of mining & mineral exploration.


 
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Oil Sands Idle Thoughts
Friday, July 18, 2008
I am in Fort McMurray to do real engineering work at one of the oil sands mines. I am here to test new technology to close the mines and protect the environment. read more »
Suncor Oil Sands Mining
Friday, April 4, 2008
At the SME meeting in Salt Lake City in late February 2008, I chanced into one of those presentations that justify conference attendance. This one was by Erik Jones talking about mine productivity initiatives at Suncor Energy’s Alberta operations.  read more »
Unconventional Crude
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
The 12 November 2007 issue of the New Yorker includes an article called Unconventional Crude by Elizabeth Kolbert.  read more »
Oil Sands
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
A CBC news article from January mentioned that the United States wants Canada’s oil sands project to be expanded by five times its current capacity. read more »
SNC vs. Suncor
Friday, February 23, 2007
A mining engineer without a lawyer at his side is half naked. A mining company without its posse of lawyers is left in the dust. read more »
Oil Sands Geostatistics
Monday, February 12, 2007
The Canadian Institute of Mining’s CIM Magazine follows a delightful approach to presenting high quality technical papers: it simply does not present them. read more »
Oil Sands Taxation
Friday, February 02, 2007
The news report reads (in part): “Alberta's new premier-designate wants more of the oilsands to be processed within Alberta instead of being transported as a crude resource to the United States." read more »
Oil Sands Reclamation
Friday, November 17, 2006
Can we reclaim the oil sands operations? A pretty obvious question. Many, many answers. I surveyed 350 Google hits from the key words “oil sands reclamation.” read more »
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