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pH-sensitive copolymers have been widely introduced to achieve rapid dewatering and consolidation of solids in mining and oil sands processing wastes. But no more attention has been given to the flocculation efficiency of solid suspensions as a function of pH using pH-sensitive copolymer. ...
The extraction process used to obtain bitumen from the oil sands produces large volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). ...
Increasing activity of oil sands extraction and processing in northern Alberta is marked by ongoing controversy about the nature and extent of associated environmental impacts. ...
The open pit oil sands mining operations north of Fort McMurray, Alberta are currently accumulating tailings waste at a rate approximately equal to 4.9 million m3/d. ...
The interaction between organic fractions in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) and three polymeric membranes with varying hydrophilicity (nylon, polyvinylidene fluoride and polytetrafluoroethylene) at different pHs was studied to evaluate the impact of filtration on the quantification of acid-extractable fraction (AEF) and naphthenic ...
Of Alberta's total oil reserves, 168.7 billion barrels, or about 99 percent, come from the oil sands; the oil sands also account for an overwhelming majority (about 98 percent) of Canada's total oil reserves. ...
The high content of inorganic species in water used to extract bitumen from the Alberta oil sands and in the groundwater below the oil sands is an increasing environmental concern. These water matrices require treatment before they can be reused or safely discharged. Desalination of the oil ...
The toxicity of oil sands process‐affected waters (OSPW) from the Athabasca Oil Sands (AOS) in northern Alberta, Canada, is related to a relatively persistent group of dissolved organic acids known as naphthenic acids (NAs). ...
Wetlands cover roughly half the landscape of the oil sands region and a vast majority of these wetlands are peatlands. ...
The proposed TransCanada Keystone Pipeline (Keystone XL) consists of a 1700 mile crude oil pipeline and related facilities and refineries. The pipeline, if approved, would run from Alberta, Canada to refineries in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas. ...
About two tonnes of oil sands must be dug up and processed to produce one barrel of oil. Oil sands recovery processes include extraction and separation systems to remove bitumen from sand and water. ...