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Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reports
The Syncrude Joint Venture began in 1964, with company-sponsored Research and Development (R&D) activities focused on the Athabasca Oil Sands of northeastern Alberta. Mining at Syncrude’s Mildred Lake site began in 1977, and Syncrude has continued a robust and comprehensive R&D program since that time. The goal of Syncrude R&D is to contribute to the body of knowledge that supports the responsible development of Alberta’s oil sands resource, including minimizing environmental impacts and maintaining the ecological integrity of the area in which we operate. Much of Syncrude’s environmental R&D is done collaboratively with Universities, and results are available in peer-reviewed journals. There is also a large body of internally-conducted research work, including research reports, consultant reports and regulatory submissions. Syncrude is excited to partner with the University of Alberta to make more of its environmental R&D work publicly accessible. We hope this information will be helpful to the scientific community and Albertans who are interested in the sound ecological management of Alberta’s natural resources. This collection includes Environmental Research Monographs and a Professional paper series from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, as well as more recent reports. We are committed to adding to this collection as new reports and information become available. Each report contains usage permissions. If you want to know more about Syncrude, visit https://www.suncor.com/en-ca/what-we-do/oil-sands/syncrude
Items in this Collection
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1985
Atmospheric emissions from oil sands plants are regulated by government. Both Syncrude Canada Ltd. and Suncor Inc. independently operate emission and air quality monitoring and reporting systems. The systems include air quality monitoring trailers and sulphation cylinder stations. In addition...
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1975
Factors involved in the ecology of Ruth Lake and Poplar Creek are discussed. Ruth Lake is a small, littoral, moderately eutrophic lake. It has clear water, a muddy substrate, and is shallow (mean depth 1.5m). Winter stagnation /occurred but the water was well oxygenated in summer....
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1977
Grant, W., Tsui, P., Green, R., McCart, P.
This is a report of baseline studies of aquatic environments in the Athabasca River. These studies were carried out at the request of Syncrude Canada Limited and were focused in the vicinity of Syncrude's Lease Number 17, which borders the west bank of the Athabasca River north of the town of...
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1978
Grant, W., Tripp, D., McCart, P., Tsui, P., Green, R.
Syncrude Canada Ltd. is producing synthetic crude oil from a surface mine on the eastern portion of Crown Lease 17, Alberta. Aquatic Environments Limited was commissioned to survey the MacKay River which crosses Leases 17 and 22, also held by Syncrude. The survey is intended to provide a...
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1973
The study reported here was initiated on July 26, 1971, to provide ecological baseline information on Beaver Creek. Field surveys were carried out from August 7th to August 24th. Of particular interest to this study was the acquisition of quantitative data on fisheries populations as a means of...
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1985
Migration watches were conducted from 21 August to 15 October 1984 near the site of Syncrude Canada Ltd.' s bitumen mining, extraction and upgrading development north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. These watches were undertaken to complement studies of birds using the waterbodies in the area of the...
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1977
The conservation equations governing buoyant plume rise are solved for the case of non-uniform wind conditions. A simple power law is selected to represent the actual wind profile. Analytical solutions are presented both for uniformly stable and neutral atmospheric conditions. These solutions...
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1979
The random fluctuations of concentration levels in a plume is studied using a wind tunnel simulation of dispersion in the neutrally stable atmospheric boundary layer. A fast response hot - film probe is developed and used to measure high frequency fluctuations of helium tracer concentration in...
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1977
Studies were continued in 1976 into the improvement of a five year old revegetated area on a tailings sand dike by the implementation of different fertilizer programs. In June, 1976 levels of available N, P, K and S were adequate for plant growth. However, even where fertilizers were added...
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1992
Stem cuttings of balsam poplar and three poplar hybrids were directly planted onto reclamation material on the tailings dyke slope. The overall rooting success was poor. The hybrids, however, rooted significantly better than the native balsam poplar. Cuttings require precise environmental...