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We are using innovation to help us return the land we use - including reclaiming tailings ponds - to a sustainable landscape.

Land Innovation & Technology Stories - The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Land and Reclamation Innovation Stories

Oil Sands Tailings Consortium
(Total E&P Canada, Imperial Oil, Shell Canada, Syncrude Canada, Teck Resources, Suncor Energy, Canadian Natural Resources Limited)
TRO™ Tailings Management Process
(Suncor - 2011 Responsible Canadian Energy Award recipient - President's Award)
Minimal Disturbance Techniques for Access Road Construction in Forested Areas
(Devon Canada Corporation - 2010 Steward of Excellence Award recipient)
Reducing Pipeline Footprint Through Partnerships
(Devon Canada Corporation - 2009 Steward of Excellence Award recipient)
Suncor's Tailings Reduction Operations (TRO)
(Suncor Energy Inc. - Innovative Technologies)
Borrowing The Borrow Pits: Toads and Habitat Fragmentation
(Alberta Research Council - Northern Alberta)
Shrinking the Tailings Pond
(Canadian Natural Resources Limited - Horizon Facility)
Preserving Fescue Grass
(Compton Petroleum Corporation - Southern Alberta Foothills)
Forests, Faster
(ConocoPhillips Canada - Athabasca region)
Research into Better Boreal Forest Reclamation
(Shell Canada - NAIT Boreal Research Institute based in Peace River)
Avoiding The Tailings Pond
( Imperial Oil - Calgary Research Facility)
Planning Reclamation First
(Imperial Oil - Near Fort McMurray)
Speeding Up Topsoil Formation
(Imperial Oil - Calgary Research Facility)
Protecting Wetlands
(Imperial Oil - Cold Lake)
Reclaiming the Land - A Long Process
(Syncrude - near Fort McMurray)

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