University of Calgary

Insitu: Oil Sands Mining Goes Underground

Andrew Topf | September 1, 2010
copy of saleski pilot facilities as at july 14, 2010

Think of oil sands mining, and images of mammoth machinery, digging and hauling bitumensoaked sand from pits to processing plants, immediately spring to mind. The procedure is dirty, requires huge amounts of natural gas and water, and scars the landscape to such a degree that some Canadian politicians …

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