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The first government-sponsored survey of the oil sands was initiated in 1875 by John Macoun.
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This is a geological survey of the Tar Sands along the Athabasca River.
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Karl Clark concentrated on developing the hot water method of separating the oil sands and he found out when mixed with hot water, the oil sands separates into layers, with the most dense—the sand—sinking to the bottom, and the least dense—the water—rising to the top.
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Abasand Oils Ltd., the first commercial oil project, begins producing diesel from the oil sands, producing about 2,500 barrels of oil.
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A forest fire detroyed the plant and it never got rebuilt.
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Cold Lake operations is the largest thermal in-situ heavy oil operation in the world.
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This was the first Suncor production in New Norway, Alberta which had 32,000 barrels/day producing.
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The truck and shovel techonology was developed to make a more efficient way to shovel the mines and transpot the oil. They had to cut workers since this was more efficient to use.
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Using steam extraction for the oilsands means that almost anything above a reservoir can be left intact. There is no need for waste ponds because the sand is left underground and most of the water recovered from the bitumen can be cleaned with distillation for reuse.
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The Oil Sands Production has now reached 1,000,000 barrels/day produced and it's predicted that in 2018, the production will be about 3 million barrels/day.
