Location
UNLV Foundation Building, Blasco Event Wing
Start Date
1-4-2011 12:30 PM
End Date
1-4-2011 1:15 PM
Description
Athabasca Oil Sand Reserve:
- Oil sands are contained within the Cretaceous McMurray Formation. (149,000 km2)
- 2.5 trillion barrels of extractable oil (~ 25 % of Canada Crude Oil Production)
- Surface mineable deposits cover 2,800 km2
- 450 billion L of process water used annually
- Currently over 130 km2 of tailings ponds (largest man-made structures in the world)
Keywords
Alberta; Oil sands; Oil sands industry – Environmental aspects; Water use
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Energy Policy | Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Policy | Natural Resource Economics | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Oil, Gas, and Energy | Sustainability | Water Resource Management
Language
English
Included in
Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons, Energy Policy Commons, Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Natural Resource Economics Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Oil, Gas, and Energy Commons, Sustainability Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
Keynote 2: The Alberta oil sands — Wrestling bitumen out of the wild North
UNLV Foundation Building, Blasco Event Wing
Athabasca Oil Sand Reserve:
- Oil sands are contained within the Cretaceous McMurray Formation. (149,000 km2)
- 2.5 trillion barrels of extractable oil (~ 25 % of Canada Crude Oil Production)
- Surface mineable deposits cover 2,800 km2
- 450 billion L of process water used annually
- Currently over 130 km2 of tailings ponds (largest man-made structures in the world)
Comments
Consists of 28 PowerPoint slides