oil sands

Trelleborg’s expansion barrels enable the thermal expansion and compression of pipeline systems
MANAGEMENT

Trelleborg reduces downtime at oil sands mine

Trelleborg has supplied its rubber-lined expansion barrels to a major oil sands mine in Alberta

05 February 2020

Imperial Oil's Kearl oil sands project
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Imperial and Syncrude renew Worley's contract

Imperial Oil and Syncrude Canada have extended Worley's long‐term contract for five more years

03 January 2020

Haul truck at Millenium oils sands mine in northern Alberta, Canada
MANAGEMENT

Suncor eyes further digitalisation, automation

In 2019, oil sands company Suncor invested C$635 million in technology development and deployment

09 December 2019

As part of its digital transformation, Suncor has already implemented wireless employee monitors at three sites
OPERATIONS

Suncor, Microsoft digital deal in the cloud

Oil sands miner to tap into Microsoft cloud solutions

12 November 2019

The Oil Sands Base Plant will utilise the cogeneration units to provide steam generation for its extraction and upgrading operations, as well as generate 800MW of power
ENVIRONMENT

Suncor calls for low-carbon cogeneration

Company planning sizeable investment in two units in Alberta

13 September 2019

 Commissioning of the second Alberta system is set for June 7
PROCESSING

Second MGX treatment system completed in Alberta

Commissioning at oil sands property to come next month

20 May 2019

Komatsu's 400-ton-capacity, model 980E-4AT autonomous truck
FLEETS

World's largest autonomous Komatsu truck starts up in Canada

SMS Equipment confirmed the unit is now in use at an oil sands property

18 April 2019

 The Creating Value from Waste (CVW) Horizon project is a commercial-scale prototype demonstration of sustainable technology to remediate oil sands froth treatment tailings
ENVIRONMENT

Canada invests in cleantech

Government to help fund oil sands companies' CVW technology

18 March 2019

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

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