Syncrude Canada Ltd. outlines its feeder breaker testing and development
Journal Article
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· Min. Eng. (Littleton, Colo.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5484949
Syncrude Canada Ltd. is the operating company for a consortium of industry and government participants that produce synthetic crude oil from their leases in the Athabasca Oil Sands. Production from the $2.3 billion (1978) integrated mining, extraction, and bitumen upgrading and utility complex started in September 1978. Production is currently about 6.4 Mm/sup 3//a (40 million bbl per year) of high quality synthetic crude oil. This is done by upgrading the extracted bitumen from the oil sands mined. Plans are to increase the production to 8 Mm/sup 3//a (50 million bbl per year) by 1989. At that time, the mining operation will be required to deliver 100 Mt/a (110 million stpy) of oil sand (ore) to the extraction plants, and handle quantities of waste ranging from 50 to 75 Mt/a (55 to 83 million stpy). The Syncrude plant is located at Mildred Lake, 40 km (25 miles) north of Fort McMurray and 480 km (300 miles) north of Edmonton, Alberta. Climate, particularly winter, is therefore a major factor affecting the design and operation of the the Syncrude production facilities.
- Research Organization:
- Syncrude Canada Ltd.
- OSTI ID:
- 5484949
- Journal Information:
- Min. Eng. (Littleton, Colo.); (United States), Journal Name: Min. Eng. (Littleton, Colo.); (United States) Vol. 38:6; ISSN MIENA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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040300* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040403 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Refining
ALBERTA
ATHABASCA DEPOSIT
BITUMENS
CANADA
CLIMATES
COST
DESIGN
EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MINING
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SAND MINING
OIL SAND PROCESSING PLANTS
OIL SAND TAILINGS
OIL YIELDS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OVERBURDEN
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLANNING
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
REFINING
SOLID WASTES
SURFACE MINING
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC FUELS INDUSTRY
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
TAILINGS
TAR
TESTING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
YIELDS
040300* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Drilling
Fracturing & Mining
040403 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Refining
ALBERTA
ATHABASCA DEPOSIT
BITUMENS
CANADA
CLIMATES
COST
DESIGN
EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MINING
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SAND MINING
OIL SAND PROCESSING PLANTS
OIL SAND TAILINGS
OIL YIELDS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OVERBURDEN
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLANNING
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
REFINING
SOLID WASTES
SURFACE MINING
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC FUELS INDUSTRY
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
TAILINGS
TAR
TESTING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
YIELDS