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Fall 2014
An experimental facility was constructed in order to examine the feasibility of the coal bio-conversion under the application of confining pressure. The main purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of confining pressure on methane generation. Core-flooding experiments were conducted...
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Literature Review of Naturally-Occurring Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Oil Sands Mining Reclamation Practice
Download2018-08-01
Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting Inc.
Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting Inc. (Paragon) was contracted to complete a literature review of naturally-occurring petroleum hydrocarbons (NPHCs) in oil sands mining reclamation practice for the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) Joint Industry Project (JIP) partners...
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Quality Control Considerations for Overburden Earth-fill Tailings Dam Construction in the Oil Sands
DownloadFall 2018
Quality control and construction methods for an oil sands overburden tailings dam in the Albertan Oil Sands can differ from these conventional construction methods due to two governing factors: A high overburden to ore ratio with a complex geology requiring significant waste management effort and...
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2015-03-04
Oil sands mining removes large areas of vegetation and soil across the landscape, thus post-mining reclamation requires the development of reconstructed soils to support tree growth. These reconstructed soils are generally made up of a top layer of peat mineral soil mix, and an underlying layer...
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2020-03-19
Drozdowski, Bonnie, Bachmann, Victor, Thacker, Sarah
A root assessment at select locations across the Aurora Soil Capping Study site was completed in October 2018 to determine if rooting patterns and distribution could be used to explain observed variation in above-ground tree growth. The variation in above-ground tree growth included patterns of...
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Tree Growth on Reclaimed Overburden Sites Containing Petroleum Hydrocarbons at the Suncor Base Mine
Download2018-08-01
Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting Inc.
Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting Inc. (Paragon) was contracted to complete a field program and analysis for the Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) Joint Industry Project (JIP) partners Syncrude Canada Limited (Syncrude), Imperial Oil Resources Limited (Imperial), Canadian...