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The southern tract of Marguerite River Wildland [3] protects part of the river valley, and a recreation park for Northeast Alberta Region located along the river has been proposed in 1980 [4] Suncor has an SAGD project in production (the Firebag in-situ operation), extracting bitumen from the oil sands of the McMurray Formation located in the ...
Three new large steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) projects were added – Foster Creek, Surmont, and MacKay River – by different companies, all of which have since been bought by larger companies. [32] Shell Canada's third mine began operating in 2003. However, as a result of oil price increases since 2003, the existing mines have been ...
Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome. / 57.27583°N 110.97667°W / 57.27583; -110.97667. Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome ( IATA: YFI, ICAO: CYFI) is located 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) from the Firebag River, Alberta, Canada. The aerodrome was built to service the Firebag in-situ operation of Suncor Energy .
Geography. Fort McMurray is 435 km (270 mi) northeast of Edmonton on Highway 63, about 60 km (37 mi) west of the Saskatchewan border, nestled in the boreal forest at the confluence of the Athabasca River, the Clearwater River, the Hangingstone River, and the Horse River. It sits at 370 m (1,210 ft) above sea level.
Oil sand tailings or oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), have a highly variable composition and a complex mixture of compounds. [4] In his oft-cited 2008 journal article, E. W. Allen wrote that typically tailings ponds consist of c. 75% water, c. 25% sand, silt and clay, c.2% of residual bitumen, as well as dissolved salts, organics, and minerals.
The reservoir is located in the Lost River Valley below the Lost River Range about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Mackay. The land surrounding the reservoir offers opportunities for boating, fishing, camping, and hunting, among other activities. The reservoir is impounded by Mackay Dam, which was built in 1918 by the Big Lost River Irrigation ...
Diameter. 24 in (610 mm) The Portland Montreal Pipeline is a series of underground crude oil pipelines connecting South Portland, Maine, in the United States with Montreal, Quebec, in Canada. As of early 2016, the pipeline transports limited volumes, [1] sufficient to keep the pipeline wet. The pipeline also supplied crude oil to the Suncor ...
Mackay (/ məˈkaɪ / [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ]) is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. [ 6 ][ 7 ] It is located about 970 kilometres (603 mi) north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensland, as these regions are not precisely defined.