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North American Energy Water Nexus Roundtable
Alberta; Oil sands; Oil sands industry – Environmental aspects; Water use
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Keynote 2: The Alberta Oil Sands — Wrestling Bitumen Out Of The Wild North, David Rudolph
Keynote 2: The Alberta Oil Sands — Wrestling Bitumen Out Of The Wild North, David Rudolph
North American Energy Water Nexus Roundtable
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)