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 Oil Sands Idle ThoughtsFriday, July 18, 2008I 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 MiningFriday, April 4, 2008At 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 CrudeWednesday, November 07, 2007The 12 November 2007 issue of the New Yorker includes an article called Unconventional Crude by Elizabeth Kolbert. read more » Oil SandsWednesday, March 14, 2007A 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. SuncorFriday, February 23, 2007A 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 GeostatisticsMonday, February 12, 2007The 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 TaxationFriday, February 02, 2007The 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 ReclamationFriday, November 17, 2006Can 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 » |
