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According to a Scientific American report The Opposite of Mining Tar Sands Steam Extraction Lessens Footprint but Environmental Costs Remain in situ production surpassed mining production in See the Photos page for additional photos of tar sand and tar sand mining Much of the world s oil more than 2 trillion barrels is in the form of tar sands an extraction plant where a hot water process separates the bitumen from sand
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In their 11th annual review of oil sands supply costs the Canadian Energy Research Institute CERI pegs breakeven costs at $/bbl for SAGD projects steam assisted gravity drainage and $/bbl for a stand alone mineTar Sands Mining Makes Leap from Canada to Utah Tar Sands Mining Makes The Canadian tar sands or oil sands are much more carbon laden than the ground in order for the globe to cost
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The guide includes both CAPITAL COSTS and HOURLY OPERATING COSTS for over 3 000 pieces of equipment commonly found in mines and mills around the world from $500 slusher buckets to $50 000 000 walking draglinThe Opposite of Mining Tar Sands Steam Extraction Lessens Footprint but Environmental Costs Remain Melting bitumen in place is less unsightly than mining tar sands but increasing efficiency
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The project consists of surface oil sands mining a bitumen extraction plant and on site bitumen upgrading that includes coking and hydrotreating operations The product is sweet synthetic crude oil SCO as well as diesel naphtha and petroleum cokeOil sands mining operations run 24/7 Once the mine is depleted the pit is backfilled and reclaimed back to a trafficable landscape Once the mine is depleted the pit is backfilled and reclaimed back to a trafficable landscape
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Oil Sands Mining Definition Oil sands are a mixture of sand water clay and bitumen found in several locations around the globe with the largest reserve located in Alberta CanadaOil sands or tar sands are sand and rock material which contains crude bitumen a dense viscous form of crude oil Bitumen is too thick to flow on its own so extraction methods are necessary
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Tar sands consist of a mixture of 85 percent sand clay and silt 5 percent water and 10 percent crude bitumen the tar like substance that can be converted to oil Bitumen doesn t flow like crude oil and getting it out of the tar sands is a messy job The current technology which has evolved relatively little since it was first developed in the early 20th century is a hot water based While much of Canada s oil sands are being produced using open pit mining approximately 90 of Canadian oil sands and all of Venezuela s oil sands are too far below the surface to use surface mining
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Tar sands mining operations involves clearing trees and brush from a site and removing the overburden soil that sits atop the deposit As you can see in Figure 1 in Alberta this results in significant destruction of the boreal forest 08 19 32 Even so Canadian Oil Sands Ltd COSTO the largest interest owner in the 326 000 barrel per day Syncrude mining and upgrading venture said
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As oil sands development evolves with improving technology industry understands that it needs to continuously demonstrate that the land air and water impacts of mining and in situ oil sands production are managed in a sustainable way to meet regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectationsThe top layer of muskeg and earth right and the underlying tar sands left after the removal of the muskeg at the Syncrude tar sands operations near Fort McMurray Alberta on September 17
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Mining Cost Models Free Data for Mine Cost Estimates Free 5 000 tpd Open Pit Cost Model Other cost models included in a Mining Cost Service Open Pit Underground Placer Milling Heap Leach 5 000 Tonne per Day Open Pit Mine Model More Cost Models This mine is an open pit mine producing 5 000 tonnes ore and 5 000 tonnes waste per day Rock characteristics for both ore and waste are In companies mining the tar sands siphoned approximately 370 million cubic meters of water from the Athabasca River alone which was heated or converted into steam to separate the viscous oil or bitumen from sand formations That quantity exceeds the amount of water that the city of Toronto with a population 28 million people uses annually But unlike Torontonians tar sands
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The profit of any oil company depends on the costs it needs to produce 1 barrel of oil technically spoken 1 barrel of oil equivalent boe Oil sands are a major type of unconventional oil productionDoctor Karl Clark at University of Alberta Tar Sands Department Edmonton Alberta Glenbow Archives Glenbow Archives Since that bold beginning the oil sands have seen boom and bust
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how much does tar sand mining cost adjuvoeu The oil sands are not just an Albertan benefit The Globe Mining trucks carry loads of oil laden sand at the Albian Sands North American markets cost oil The Athabasca oil sands or tar sands In mid the National Energy Board of Canada estimated the operating cost of a new mining operation in the Athabasca oil sands to be C$9 to C$12 per barrel while the cost of an in situ SAGD operation using dual horizontal wells would be C$10 to C$14 per barrel This compares to operating costs for conventional oil wells which can range from
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The greenhouse gas emissions of mining and upgrading tar sands is roughly 79 If you think that using other petroleum sources is much better than tar sands then you re delusional says Surface mining versus in situ tar sands extraction Click to enlarge On a lifetime basis a gallon of gasoline made from tar sands produces about 15 more
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The oil price crash and the oil sands Oil sands production will continue to increase in the near term likely through if not beyond unless prices decrease materially relative to todayWhile much of Canada s oil sands are being produced using open pit mining approximately 90 of Canadian oil sands and all of Venezuela s oil sands are too far below the surface to use surface mining
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In oil sands mining energy is required to transport the sands break it down into smaller pieces and to heat the water used to separate the oil from the sand Energy is also required to generate the steam that gets injected in drilling recovery methods 08 19 32 Even so Canadian Oil Sands Ltd COSTO the largest interest owner in the 326 000 barrel per day Syncrude mining and upgrading venture said
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