Specifications - Syncrude Oil Sand Mine, Alberta, Canada
| Key Data | |
|---|---|
| Producer of | Synthetic crude oil |
| Location | 40km north of Fort McMurray, in northern Alberta. |
| Ownership | Canadian Oil Sands Trust (36.74%); Imperial Oil Resources (25%); Petro-Canada Oil and Gas (12%); Conoco Phillips Oil Sands Partnership (9.03%); Nexen (7.23%); Mocal Energy (5%); Murphy Oil (5%) |
| Geology type | Oil sands – a mixture of 83% silica sand, 10% crude bitumen, 4% water, 3% clay contained in a fluvial sedimentary horizon |
| Mineral type | Natural bitumen |
| Reserve base | 2,700Mbbl crude oil proven, plus 6,300Mbbl possible |
| Annual production | 94.25 million barrels of Syncrude Sweet Blend (2006) |
| Mining method | Shovel-and-truck surface mining; one remaining dragline/bucket-wheel reclaimer unit |
| Processing method | Crushing followed by raw bitumen extraction using warm water, then upgrading to produce synthetic crude oil |
| Employment | 4,325 plus construction and engineering contractor staff; 14,000 people directly and indirectly across Canada |
| Key Equipment | |
| Mining | |
| Shovels | 2x Bucyrus-Erie 395B Electric, 1x O&K RH200, 4x O&K RH400, 8x P&H 4100 TS and 8055. |
| Trucks | 15x Cat 793, 33x Cat 797, 13x Haulpak 930E, 5x Liebherr T282 |
| Dragline | 1x Marion 8750 |
| Bucket wheel | 1x O&K (Krupp) |
| Graders | 12x Cat 24H, 3x Cat 16G |
| Dozers | 2x Cat D10R, 20x Cat D11 N/R, 22x Cat D7; Komatsu D375 |
| Pumps | Diesel: 54x Gorman Rupp; Electric: 9x Gorman, 10x Hazelton, 1x Flygt 2400, 1x 2200, 10x 2250, 4x Warman VFD slurry |
| Crushers | MMD double-roll |
| Processing | |
| Centrifuges | 24 Bird scroll, 56 Alfa Laval disc |
| Settling vessel | 8 Inclined plate |
| Filters | 10 Cuno |
| Featured Suppliers | |
| FLSmidth Dorr-Oliver Eimco - Flotation, Agglomeration and Filtering | |
| Flygt - Reliable Fluid Handling Solutions for the Mining Industry | |
| Mine Cable Services - High-Voltage Cable Repair, Connection, Coupling and Handling Systems | |
Copyright 2007 SPG Media Limited a subsidiary of SPG Media Group PLC
