Oil sands tailings ponds (Canada)
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oil-sands-tailings-ponds-canada-174-11336673
title:
Oil sands tailings ponds (Canada)
text:
Oil sands tailings ponds are engineered dam and dyke systems used to capture oil sand tailings. Oil sand tailings contain a mixture of salts, suspended solids and other dissolvable chemical compounds such as acids, benzene, hydrocarbons residual bitumen, fine silts and water. Large volumes of tailings are a byproduct of bitumen extraction from the oil sands and managing these tailings is one of the most difficult environmental challenges facing the oil sands industry. An October 2021 Alberta Ene
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Engineered dam and dyke systems used to capture oil sand tailings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_sands_tailings_ponds_(Canada)
date created:
2014-12-02T18:54:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T06:12:00Z
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