Oil sands refinery, Canada, at twilight. The water in the foreground is one of the settling pools used to dispose of waste material after processing.
Oil sands refinery, Canada, at twilight. The water in the foreground is one of the settling pools used to dispose of waste material after processing. Oil sand is a mixture of sand, water and bitumen, and is mined from the surface using open-cast mining techniques. Around two tonnes of oil sand has to be processed to obtain a single barrel of crude oil. This is the Suncor processing plant, in the Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada. In 2007, Suncor produced more than 260,000 barrels of oil a day. The Athabasca oil reserves are among the largest in the world.
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