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The Athabasca oil sands, along with the nearby Peace River and Cold Lake deposits oil sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres (54,000 sq mi) of boreal forest and muskeg (peat bogs) according to Government of Alberta's Ministry of Energy, [12] Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB) [5] [6] is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada.It is the largest regional municipality in Canada by area (105650.88km2 | this number includes Wood Buffalo Nation Park of Canada) [7] and is home to oil sand deposits known as the Athabasca oil sands.
The largest Canadian oil sands deposit, the Athabasca oil sands is in the McMurray Formation, centered on the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. It outcrops on the surface (zero burial depth) about 50 km (30 miles) north of Fort McMurray, where enormous oil sands mines have been established, but is 400 m (1,300 ft) deep southeast of Fort McMurray.
(Reuters) -Canada will fund an Indigenous-led study into how oil sands development impacts the health of local communities, the government said on Wednesday, following a tailings water leak from ...
As of December 2009, Athabasca Oil Corporation owns leases and permits on 1,570,000 acres (6,400 km 2) in the Athabasca oil sands, but does not operate any commercial developments. [2] As of June 2010, the company's reserves included an estimated 8.6 billion barrels (1.37 × 10 9 m 3 ) of contingent resource (potentially recoverable oil) and ...
The Quest project is being built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture owners (including Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil) with support from the Canadian and Alberta governments.
Alberta is home to the Athabasca oil sands, the third-largest proved oil reserves in the world, and the province currently exports 1.5 million barrels of oil a day. The nature of oil sands (oil ...
Impermeable marine shales in the Clearwater Formation provided part of the trapping mechanism for the underlying Athabasca oil sands in the McMurray Formation. Sandstone units in the Clearwater Formation, including the Wabiskaw Member, can contain oilsand and heavy oil resources. [1]