China
100,000
Kearl
Mining
Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil
USA
300,000
Sunrise
SAGD
Husky Energy(50%), BP(50%)
Canada, UK
200,000
Tucker
SAGD
Husky Energy
Canada
??
30,000
Oil Sands Project
Mining and SAGD
Total S.A. (76%), Oxy (15%), Inpex (10%)
France, USA, Japan
225,000
Ells River
SAGD
Chevron(60%), Marathon(20%), Shell(20%)
USA, UK/Netherlands
100,000
Terre de Grace
SAGD
Value Creation Inc
Canada
300,000
Kai Kos Dehseh
SAGD
Statoil
Norway
200,000
Black Gold Mine
Mining?
Korea National Oil Corporation
Korea
30,000
Total
726,100
5,068,000
Development
The key characteristic of the Athabasca deposit is that it is the only one shallow enough to be suitable for surface mining. About 10% of the Athabasca oil sands are covered by less than 75 metres (246 ft) of overburden. The mineable area as defined by the Alberta government covers 37 contiguous townships (about 3,400 km2/1,300 sq mi) north of the city of Fort McMurray. The overburden consists of 1 to 3 metres of water-logged muskeg on top of 0 to 75 metres of clay and barren sand, while the underlying oil sands are typically 40 to 60 metres thick and sit on top of relatively flat limestone rock. As a result of the easy accessibility, the world’s first oil sands mine was started by Great Canadian Oil Sands Limited (a predecessor company of Suncor Energy) in 1967. The Syncrude mine (the biggest mine in the world at 191 km2)[citation needed] followed in 1978, and the Albian Sands mine (operated by Shell Canada) in
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