Fort McMurray is in the heart of the world's biggest single oil deposit - the Athabasca Oil Sands and the oil is extracted by

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Fort McMurray is in the heart of the world's biggest single oil deposit - the Athabasca Oil Sands and the oil is extracted by surface mining and refined in the region. The oil production is at the heart of the economy.

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