Suncor Oil Sands Project

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This was the site of the original Great Canadian Oil Sands (now Suncor Energy) bitumen mine and extraction plant, which opened in 1967 as the first commercial oil sands operation in Canada. The now long-closed mine is now used as tailings ponds for the extraction and upgrading plants.

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Coordinates: 57°0'32"N 111°31'38"W

Syncrude Mildred Lake 32 km
Shell Muskeg River mine project 33 km
Suncor Energy - Mackay River SAGD Project 34 km
Joslyn oil sands project 43 km
Sunrise SAGD Project (Husky Energy) 43 km
Imperial Oil Kearl bitumen extraction project 50 km
Fort Hills Oil Sands Project 58 km
Horizon Oil Sands Project (CNRL) 62 km
Cold lake oil sans deposits area 134 km
MEG Energy - Christina Lake Regional Project 141 km

Athabasca Oil Sands 12 km
Syncrude Mildred Lake 13 km
Shell Muskeg River mine project 23 km
Suncor Energy - Mackay River SAGD Project 24 km
Shell Jackpine Mine Project 30 km
Joslyn oil sands project 32 km
Aurora North Mine (Syncrude) 36 km
Sunrise SAGD Project (Husky Energy) 38 km
Imperial Oil Kearl bitumen extraction project 45 km
Horizon Oil Sands Project (CNRL) 48 km

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Athabasca Oil Sands Syncrude Mildred Lake Shell Muskeg River mine project Suncor Energy - Mackay River SAGD Project Shell Jackpine Mine Project Joslyn oil sands project Aurora North Mine (Syncrude) Sunrise SAGD Project (Husky Energy) Imperial Oil Kearl bitumen extraction project Horizon Oil Sands Project (CNRL)